Re: [PATCH v11 01/14] HP BIOSCFG driver - Documentation

From: Thomas Weißschuh
Date: Sat Apr 22 2023 - 16:56:25 EST


On 2023-04-20 11:54:41-0500, Jorge Lopez wrote:
> Based on the latest platform-drivers-x86.git/for-next
> ---
> .../testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes | 98 ++++++++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes
> index 4cdba3477176..73d7b8fbc0b2 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes
> @@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ Description:
> - integer: a range of numerical values
> - string
>
> + HP specific types
> + -----------------
> + - ordered-list - a set of ordered list valid values
> + - sure-start - report audit logs read from BIOS

In the treevie you sent the Sure_Start attribute does not have
a "current_value".
This indicated that it's not actually a firmware attribute but just some
standalone sysfs attribute.

In this case it should not be documented here, but handled the same way
as the SPM stuff.