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

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Wed Jun 22 2022 - 07:31:11 EST


On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 5:12 PM Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The existing references to DSD are stale and outdated.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.

Taking Rafael's comment into account,
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
Thanks!

> 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
> --
> 2.36.1
>


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko