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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/configfs-acpi b/Documentation/ABI/testing/configfs-acpi new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c09b640c3 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/configfs-acpi @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +What: /config/acpi +Date: July 2016 +KernelVersion: 4.8 +Contact: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org +Description: + This represents the ACPI subsystem entry point directory. It + contains sub-groups corresponding to ACPI configurable options. + +What: /config/acpi/table +Date: July 2016 +KernelVersion: 4.8 +Description: + + This group contains the configuration for user defined ACPI + tables. The attributes of a user define table are: + + aml + - a binary attribute that the user can use to + fill in the ACPI aml definitions. Once the aml + data is written to this file and the file is + closed the table will be loaded and ACPI devices + will be enumerated. To check if the operation is + successful the user must check the error code + for close(). If the operation is successful, + subsequent writes to this attribute will fail. + + The rest of the attributes are read-only and are valid only + after the table has been loaded by filling the aml entry: + + signature + - ASCII table signature + + length + - length of table in bytes, including the header + + revision + - ACPI Specification minor version number + + oem_id + - ASCII OEM identification + + oem_table_id + - ASCII OEM table identification + + oem_revision + - OEM revision number + + asl_compiler_id + - ASCII ASL compiler vendor ID + + asl_compiler_revision + - ASL compiler version |