[PATCH] Documentation: ACPI: Update links and references to DSD related docs

From: Sudeep Holla
Date: Tue Jun 21 2022 - 11:04:55 EST


The existing references to DSD are stale and outdated. The new process
and guidance is maintained @https://github.com/UEFI/DSD-Guide

Update the existing documents to reflect the same.

Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx>
---
.../firmware-guide/acpi/DSD-properties-rules.rst | 11 +++++++----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/DSD-properties-rules.rst b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/DSD-properties-rules.rst
index 8b2d8d0864c2..70442bc2521e 100644
--- a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/DSD-properties-rules.rst
+++ b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/DSD-properties-rules.rst
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ specific type) associated with it.

In the ACPI _DSD context it is an element of the sub-package following the
generic Device Properties UUID in the _DSD return package as specified in the
-Device Properties UUID definition document [1]_.
+section titled "Well-Known _DSD UUIDs and Data Structure Formats" sub-section
+"Device Properties UUID" in _DSD (Device Specific Data) Implementation Guide
+document [1]_.

It also may be regarded as the definition of a key and the associated data type
that can be returned by _DSD in the Device Properties UUID sub-package for a
@@ -36,7 +38,9 @@ Property subsets are nested collections of properties. Each of them is
associated with an additional key (name) allowing the subset to be referred
to as a whole (and to be treated as a separate entity). The canonical
representation of property subsets is via the mechanism specified in the
-Hierarchical Properties Extension UUID definition document [2]_.
+section titled "Well-Known _DSD UUIDs and Data Structure Formats" sub-section
+"Hierarchical Data Extension UUID" in _DSD (Device Specific Data)
+Implementation Guide document [1]_.

Property sets may be hierarchical. That is, a property set may contain
multiple property subsets that each may contain property subsets of its
@@ -96,5 +100,4 @@ contents.
References
==========

-.. [1] https://www.uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/_DSD-device-properties-UUID.pdf
-.. [2] https://www.uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/_DSD-hierarchical-data-extension-UUID-v1.1.pdf
+.. [1] https://github.com/UEFI/DSD-Guide
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