Re: [PATCH v4 18/18] Documentation: ACPI for ARM64

From: Matthew Garrett
Date: Tue Sep 16 2014 - 21:44:29 EST


On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 10:00:16PM +0800, Hanjun Guo wrote:

> +Common _DSD bindings should be submitted to ASWG to be included in the
> +document :-
> +
> +http://www.uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/_DSD-implementation-guide-toplevel.htm

How are individuals/companies who aren't UEFI members supposed to do
this? Aren't there IP issues involved in taking submissions from
non-members?

> +No code shall be accepted into the kernel unless it complies with the released
> +standards from UEFI ASWG. If there are features missing from ACPI to make it
> +function on a platform, ECRs should be submitted to ASWG and go through the
> +approval process.

Similar question here. Is the expectation that all ARM vendors will
become UEFI contributors?

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