From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9EF7C5CFEB for ; Wed, 11 Jul 2018 15:30:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A29020883 for ; Wed, 11 Jul 2018 15:30:25 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 6A29020883 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=arm.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2389183AbeGKPfP (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jul 2018 11:35:15 -0400 Received: from foss.arm.com ([217.140.101.70]:38738 "EHLO foss.arm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2387455AbeGKPfP (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jul 2018 11:35:15 -0400 Received: from usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (unknown [10.72.51.249]) by usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B874415AD; Wed, 11 Jul 2018 08:30:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from e107155-lin (unknown [10.1.210.28]) by usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EEEA73F5B1; Wed, 11 Jul 2018 08:30:21 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 16:30:16 +0100 From: Sudeep Holla To: Guenter Roeck Cc: Srinath Mannam , wim@linux-watchdog.org, Ray Jui , Vladimir Olovyannikov , Vikram Prakash , Scott Branden , Sudeep Holla , linux-watchdog@vger.kernel.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v3] watchdog: sp805: Add clock-frequency property Message-ID: <20180711153015.GA10578@e107155-lin> References: <1531212279-24953-1-git-send-email-srinath.mannam@broadcom.com> <20180710213557.GC27827@roeck-us.net> <3868f0c7-e45e-d3b4-5365-12a6a0646f6f@roeck-us.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3868f0c7-e45e-d3b4-5365-12a6a0646f6f@roeck-us.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 06:47:49AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote: > On 07/11/2018 06:22 AM, Srinath Mannam wrote: > >Hi Guenter, > > > >Thank you very much for all the help with your feedback and review > >comments to complete the changes very fast. > > > >About the documentation.. > >I have gone through few similar patches available in the kernel are > >listed in the mail of previous version. > >No documentation available in Linux for the properties used in those > >patches also. > > " No documentation available _in Linux_" > > Emphasis mine. Yes, I noticed this as well. I was asking for a reference > to documentation _outside_ Linux. Sorry for not being more specific. Typically new properties needs to registered or discussed in dsd@acpica.org Though there's almost no activity on that list for more than a year now. IIRC, the thread[1] gives kind of agreement that was reached after elaborate discussion on _DSD properties. -- Regards, Sudeep [1] https://lists.acpica.org/pipermail/dsd/2015-December/000027.html