Re: [PATCH] Documentation: acpi: Add an example for PRP0001

Thomas Preston
2019-03-25T15:04:55Z

On 25/03/2019 15:01, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 02:42:09PM +0000, Thomas Preston wrote:
>> On 25/03/2019 13:04, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>>> On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 01:51:18PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
>>>> On Mon, Mar 25, 2019 at 10:31:13AM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
>
>>>> Though one thing I would like to add (not directly related to the patch
>>>> per se), i.e. it would be nice to keep such examples under meta-acpi [1]
>>>> umbrella as a database for such excerpts.
>>>>
>>>> Thomas, can you do that?
>>>>
>>>> [1]: https://github.com/westeri/meta-acpi
>>
>> I will :)
>
> Thank you! I will take either GH PR, or you may send an email to maintainers,
> i.e. Mika and me (PR is preferable because it would be seen publicly)
>

I will get around to this, later this week.

>>>>>> + Name (_HID, "TITMP75") /* _HID will appear in sysfs */
>>>
>>> Sorry for not noticing earlier.
>>>
>>> Is this an official ID for the chip? We discourage people to invent ACPI IDs on
>>> their own.
>
>> The device is a TI tmp75b temperature sensor [0]. The HID is completely
>> made up, I'm afraid. It doesn't exist in the registry.
>
> Thanks for clarification. In that case I would rather recommend to use simple
> PRP0001 as a _HID.
>

Alright, I will resend with this modification.

>> [0] http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/tmp75b.pdf
>