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

[Jorge Lopez]

Hi Thomas,

On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 3:52 PM Thomas Weißschuh <thomas@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Jorge,
>
> On 2023-04-24 11:11:41-0500, Jorge Lopez wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 3:51 PM Thomas Weißschuh <thomas@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > 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.
> >
> > I will update the documentation as indicated.
>
> This will also need changes to the code.
> Only the audit log stuff is needed then.

Ok.  Sure_Start will only report two entries; audit_log_entries and
audit_log_entry_count.
Other entries such display_name, type and display_name_language will be removed