Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] Support ACPI 6.1 update in NFIT Control Region Structure

From: Dan Williams
Date: Tue Apr 26 2016 - 19:54:44 EST


On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 2:34 PM, Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> ACPI 6.1, Table 5-133, updates NVDIMM Control Region Structure as
> follows.
> - Valid Fields, Manufacturing Location, and Manufacturing Date
> are added from reserved range. No change in the structure size.
> - IDs (SPD values) are stored as arrays of bytes (i.e. big-endian
> format). The spec clarifies that they need to be represented
> as arrays of bytes as well.
>
> Patch 1 changes the NFIT driver to comply with ACPI 6.1.
> Patch 2 adds a new sysfs file "id" to show NVDIMM ID defined in ACPI 6.1.
>
> The patch-set applies on linux-pm.git acpica.
>
> link: http://www.uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/ACPI_6_1.pdf
>
> ---
> v3:
> - Need to coordinate with ACPICA update (Bob Moore, Dan Williams)
> - Integrate with ACPICA changes in struct acpi_nfit_control_region.
> (commit 138a95547ab0)
>
> v2:
> - Remove 'mfg_location' and 'mfg_date'. (Dan Williams)
> - Rename 'unique_id' to 'id' and make this change as a separate patch.
> (Dan Williams)
>
> ---
> Toshi Kani (3):
> 1/2 acpi/nfit: Update nfit driver to comply with ACPI 6.1
> 2/3 acpi/nfit: Add sysfs "id" for NVDIMM ID

Thanks Toshi, I've applied these.