Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v4 5/5] fw_cfg: document ACPI device node information

[Laszlo Ersek]

On 09/27/15 23:29, Gabriel L. Somlo wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Gabriel Somlo <address@hidden>
> ---
>  docs/specs/fw_cfg.txt | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/docs/specs/fw_cfg.txt b/docs/specs/fw_cfg.txt
> index bc95404..4d85701 100644
> --- a/docs/specs/fw_cfg.txt
> +++ b/docs/specs/fw_cfg.txt
> @@ -77,6 +77,15 @@ increasing address order, similar to memcpy().
>  Selector Register IOport: 0x510
>  Data Register IOport:     0x511
>  
> +== ACPI Interface ==
> +
> +The fw_cfg device is defined with ACPI ID "QEMU0002".

I'd have preferred spelling out "_HID" or "ACPI Hardware ID" here, but I
agree that this wording matches that of "docs/specs/pvpanic.txt".

> Since we expect
> +ACPI tables to be passed into the guest through the fw_cfg device itself,
> +the guest-side BIOS can not use ACPI to find fw_cfg. However, once the
> +bios is finished setting up ACPI tables and hands control over to the

Please replace both "BIOS" and "bios" with "firmware".

> +guest kernel, the latter can use the fw_cfg ACPI node for a more accurate
> +inventory of in-use IOport or MMIO regions.
> +

Looks good otherwise. For the next version:

Reviewed-by: Laszlo Ersek <address@hidden>

>  == Firmware Configuration Items ==
>  
>  === Signature (Key 0x0000, FW_CFG_SIGNATURE) ===
>