1- =====================
2- ACPI on ARMv8 Servers
3- =====================
1+ ===================
2+ ACPI on Arm systems
3+ ===================
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5- ACPI can be used for ARMv8 general purpose servers designed to follow
6- the ARM SBSA (Server Base System Architecture) [0] and SBBR (Server
5+ ACPI can be used for Armv8 and Armv9 systems designed to follow
6+ the Arm SBSA (Server Base System Architecture) [0] and SBBR (Server
77Base Boot Requirements) [1] specifications. Please note that the SBBR
88can be retrieved simply by visiting [1], but the SBSA is currently only
99available to those with an ARM login due to ARM IP licensing concerns.
1010
11- The ARMv8 kernel implements the reduced hardware model of ACPI version
11+
12+ The Arm kernel implements the reduced hardware model of ACPI version
12135.1 or later. Links to the specification and all external documents
1314it refers to are managed by the UEFI Forum. The specification is
1415available at http://www.uefi.org/specifications and documents referenced
1516by the specification can be found via http://www.uefi.org/acpi.
1617
17- If an ARMv8 system does not meet the requirements of the SBSA and SBBR ,
18+ If an Arm system does not meet the requirements of the BSA and BBR ,
1819or cannot be described using the mechanisms defined in the required ACPI
1920specifications, then ACPI may not be a good fit for the hardware.
2021
2122While the documents mentioned above set out the requirements for building
22- industry-standard ARMv8 servers , they also apply to more than one operating
23+ industry-standard Arm systems , they also apply to more than one operating
2324system. The purpose of this document is to describe the interaction between
24- ACPI and Linux only, on an ARMv8 system -- that is, what Linux expects of
25+ ACPI and Linux only, on an Arm system -- that is, what Linux expects of
2526ACPI and what ACPI can expect of Linux.
2627
2728
28- Why ACPI on ARM ?
29+ Why ACPI on Arm ?
2930----------------
3031Before examining the details of the interface between ACPI and Linux, it is
3132useful to understand why ACPI is being used. Several technologies already
3233exist in Linux for describing non-enumerable hardware, after all. In this
3334section we summarize a blog post [2] from Grant Likely that outlines the
34- reasoning behind ACPI on ARMv8 servers . Actually, we snitch a good portion
35+ reasoning behind ACPI on Arm systems . Actually, we snitch a good portion
3536of the summary text almost directly, to be honest.
3637
37- The short form of the rationale for ACPI on ARM is:
38+ The short form of the rationale for ACPI on Arm is:
3839
3940- ACPI’s byte code (AML) allows the platform to encode hardware behavior,
4041 while DT explicitly does not support this. For hardware vendors, being
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ The short form of the rationale for ACPI on ARM is:
4748
4849- In the enterprise server environment, ACPI has established bindings (such
4950 as for RAS) which are currently used in production systems. DT does not.
50- Such bindings could be defined in DT at some point, but doing so means ARM
51+ Such bindings could be defined in DT at some point, but doing so means Arm
5152 and x86 would end up using completely different code paths in both firmware
5253 and the kernel.
5354
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ recent version of the kernel.
108109
109110Relationship with Device Tree
110111-----------------------------
111- ACPI support in drivers and subsystems for ARMv8 should never be mutually
112+ ACPI support in drivers and subsystems for Arm should never be mutually
112113exclusive with DT support at compile time.
113114
114115At boot time the kernel will only use one description method depending on
@@ -121,11 +122,11 @@ time).
121122
122123Booting using ACPI tables
123124-------------------------
124- The only defined method for passing ACPI tables to the kernel on ARMv8
125+ The only defined method for passing ACPI tables to the kernel on Arm
125126is via the UEFI system configuration table. Just so it is explicit, this
126127means that ACPI is only supported on platforms that boot via UEFI.
127128
128- When an ARMv8 system boots, it can either have DT information, ACPI tables,
129+ When an Arm system boots, it can either have DT information, ACPI tables,
129130or in some very unusual cases, both. If no command line parameters are used,
130131the kernel will try to use DT for device enumeration; if there is no DT
131132present, the kernel will try to use ACPI tables, but only if they are present.
@@ -448,15 +449,15 @@ ASWG
448449----
449450The ACPI specification changes regularly. During the year 2014, for instance,
450451version 5.1 was released and version 6.0 substantially completed, with most of
451- the changes being driven by ARM -specific requirements. Proposed changes are
452+ the changes being driven by Arm -specific requirements. Proposed changes are
452453presented and discussed in the ASWG (ACPI Specification Working Group) which
453454is a part of the UEFI Forum. The current version of the ACPI specification
454455is 6.1 release in January 2016.
455456
456457Participation in this group is open to all UEFI members. Please see
457458http://www.uefi.org/workinggroup for details on group membership.
458459
459- It is the intent of the ARMv8 ACPI kernel code to follow the ACPI specification
460+ It is the intent of the Arm ACPI kernel code to follow the ACPI specification
460461as closely as possible, and to only implement functionality that complies with
461462the released standards from UEFI ASWG. As a practical matter, there will be
462463vendors that provide bad ACPI tables or violate the standards in some way.
@@ -470,12 +471,12 @@ likely be willing to assist in submitting ECRs.
470471
471472Linux Code
472473----------
473- Individual items specific to Linux on ARM , contained in the Linux
474+ Individual items specific to Linux on Arm , contained in the Linux
474475source code, are in the list that follows:
475476
476477ACPI_OS_NAME
477478 This macro defines the string to be returned when
478- an ACPI method invokes the _OS method. On ARM64
479+ an ACPI method invokes the _OS method. On Arm
479480 systems, this macro will be "Linux" by default.
480481 The command line parameter acpi_os=<string>
481482 can be used to set it to some other value. The
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