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diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/namespace.txt b/Documentation/acpi/namespace.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..1860cb3865c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/acpi/namespace.txt @@ -0,0 +1,388 @@ +ACPI Device Tree - Representation of ACPI Namespace + +Copyright (C) 2013, Intel Corporation +Author: Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@intel.com> + + +Abstract: + +The Linux ACPI subsystem converts ACPI namespace objects into a Linux +device tree under the /sys/devices/LNXSYSTEM:00 and updates it upon +receiving ACPI hotplug notification events. For each device object in this +hierarchy there is a corresponding symbolic link in the +/sys/bus/acpi/devices. +This document illustrates the structure of the ACPI device tree. + + +Credit: + +Thanks for the help from Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com> and Rafael J. +Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>. + + +1. ACPI Definition Blocks + + The ACPI firmware sets up RSDP (Root System Description Pointer) in the + system memory address space pointing to the XSDT (Extended System + Description Table). The XSDT always points to the FADT (Fixed ACPI + Description Table) using its first entry, the data within the FADT + includes various fixed-length entries that describe fixed ACPI features + of the hardware. The FADT contains a pointer to the DSDT + (Differentiated System Descripition Table). The XSDT also contains + entries pointing to possibly multiple SSDTs (Secondary System + Description Table). + + The DSDT and SSDT data is organized in data structures called definition + blocks that contain definitions of various objects, including ACPI + control methods, encoded in AML (ACPI Machine Language). The data block + of the DSDT along with the contents of SSDTs represents a hierarchical + data structure called the ACPI namespace whose topology reflects the + structure of the underlying hardware platform. + + The relationships between ACPI System Definition Tables described above + are illustrated in the following diagram. + + +---------+ +-------+ +--------+ +------------------------+ + | RSDP | +->| XSDT | +->| FADT | | +-------------------+ | + +---------+ | +-------+ | +--------+ +-|->| DSDT | | + | Pointer | | | Entry |-+ | ...... | | | +-------------------+ | + +---------+ | +-------+ | X_DSDT |--+ | | Definition Blocks | | + | Pointer |-+ | ..... | | ...... | | +-------------------+ | + +---------+ +-------+ +--------+ | +-------------------+ | + | Entry |------------------|->| SSDT | | + +- - - -+ | +-------------------| | + | Entry | - - - - - - - -+ | | Definition Blocks | | + +- - - -+ | | +-------------------+ | + | | +- - - - - - - - - -+ | + +-|->| SSDT | | + | +-------------------+ | + | | Definition Blocks | | + | +- - - - - - - - - -+ | + +------------------------+ + | + OSPM Loading | + \|/ + +----------------+ + | ACPI Namespace | + +----------------+ + + Figure 1. ACPI Definition Blocks + + NOTE: RSDP can also contain a pointer to the RSDT (Root System + Description Table). Platforms provide RSDT to enable + compatibility with ACPI 1.0 operating systems. The OS is expected + to use XSDT, if present. + + +2. Example ACPI Namespace + + All definition blocks are loaded into a single namespace. The namespace + is a hierarchy of objects identified by names and paths. + The following naming conventions apply to object names in the ACPI + namespace: + 1. All names are 32 bits long. + 2. The first byte of a name must be one of 'A' - 'Z', '_'. + 3. Each of the remaining bytes of a name must be one of 'A' - 'Z', '0' + - '9', '_'. + 4. Names starting with '_' are reserved by the ACPI specification. + 5. The '\' symbol represents the root of the namespace (i.e. names + prepended with '\' are relative to the namespace root). + 6. The '^' symbol represents the parent of the current namespace node + (i.e. names prepended with '^' are relative to the parent of the + current namespace node). + + The figure below shows an example ACPI namespace. + + +------+ + | \ | Root + +------+ + | + | +------+ + +-| _PR | Scope(_PR): the processor namespace + | +------+ + | | + | | +------+ + | +-| CPU0 | Processor(CPU0): the first processor + | +------+ + | + | +------+ + +-| _SB | Scope(_SB): the system bus namespace + | +------+ + | | + | | +------+ + | +-| LID0 | Device(LID0); the lid device + | | +------+ + | | | + | | | +------+ + | | +-| _HID | Name(_HID, "PNP0C0D"): the hardware ID + | | | +------+ + | | | + | | | +------+ + | | +-| _STA | Method(_STA): the status control method + | | +------+ + | | + | | +------+ + | +-| PCI0 | Device(PCI0); the PCI root bridge + | +------+ + | | + | | +------+ + | +-| _HID | Name(_HID, "PNP0A08"): the hardware ID + | | +------+ + | | + | | +------+ + | +-| _CID | Name(_CID, "PNP0A03"): the compatible ID + | | +------+ + | | + | | +------+ + | +-| RP03 | Scope(RP03): the PCI0 power scope + | | +------+ + | | | + | | | +------+ + | | +-| PXP3 | PowerResource(PXP3): the PCI0 power resource + | | +------+ + | | + | | +------+ + | +-| GFX0 | Device(GFX0): the graphics adapter + | +------+ + | | + | | +------+ + | +-| _ADR | Name(_ADR, 0x00020000): the PCI bus address + | | +------+ + | | + | | +------+ + | +-| DD01 | Device(DD01): the LCD output device + | +------+ + | | + | | +------+ + | +-| _BCL | Method(_BCL): the backlight control method + | +------+ + | + | +------+ + +-| _TZ | Scope(_TZ): the thermal zone namespace + | +------+ + | | + | | +------+ + | +-| FN00 | PowerResource(FN00): the FAN0 power resource + | | +------+ + | | + | | +------+ + | +-| FAN0 | Device(FAN0): the FAN0 cooling device + | | +------+ + | | | + | | | +------+ + | | +-| _HID | Name(_HID, "PNP0A0B"): the hardware ID + | | +------+ + | | + | | +------+ + | +-| TZ00 | ThermalZone(TZ00); the FAN thermal zone + | +------+ + | + | +------+ + +-| _GPE | Scope(_GPE): the GPE namespace + +------+ + + Figure 2. Example ACPI Namespace + + +3. Linux ACPI Device Objects + + The Linux kernel's core ACPI subsystem creates struct acpi_device + objects for ACPI namespace objects representing devices, power resources + processors, thermal zones. Those objects are exported to user space via + sysfs as directories in the subtree under /sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00. The + format of their names is <bus_id:instance>, where 'bus_id' refers to the + ACPI namespace representation of the given object and 'instance' is used + for distinguishing different object of the same 'bus_id' (it is + two-digit decimal representation of an unsigned integer). + + The value of 'bus_id' depends on the type of the object whose name it is + part of as listed in the table below. + + +---+-----------------+-------+----------+ + | | Object/Feature | Table | bus_id | + +---+-----------------+-------+----------+ + | N | Root | xSDT | LNXSYSTM | + +---+-----------------+-------+----------+ + | N | Device | xSDT | _HID | + +---+-----------------+-------+----------+ + | N | Processor | xSDT | LNXCPU | + +---+-----------------+-------+----------+ + | N | ThermalZone | xSDT | LNXTHERM | + +---+-----------------+-------+----------+ + | N | PowerResource | xSDT | LNXPOWER | + +---+-----------------+-------+----------+ + | N | Other Devices | xSDT | device | + +---+-----------------+-------+----------+ + | F | PWR_BUTTON | FADT | LNXPWRBN | + +---+-----------------+-------+----------+ + | F | SLP_BUTTON | FADT | LNXSLPBN | + +---+-----------------+-------+----------+ + | M | Video Extension | xSDT | LNXVIDEO | + +---+-----------------+-------+----------+ + | M | ATA Controller | xSDT | LNXIOBAY | + +---+-----------------+-------+----------+ + | M | Docking Station | xSDT | LNXDOCK | + +---+-----------------+-------+----------+ + + Table 1. ACPI Namespace Objects Mapping + + The following rules apply when creating struct acpi_device objects on + the basis of the contents of ACPI System Description Tables (as + indicated by the letter in the first column and the notation in the + second column of the table above): + N: + The object's source is an ACPI namespace node (as indicated by the + named object's type in the second column). In that case the object's + directory in sysfs will contain the 'path' attribute whose value is + the full path to the node from the namespace root. + F: + The struct acpi_device object is created for a fixed hardware + feature (as indicated by the fixed feature flag's name in the second + column), so its sysfs directory will not contain the 'path' + attribute. + M: + The struct acpi_device object is created for an ACPI namespace node + with specific control methods (as indicated by the ACPI defined + device's type in the second column). The 'path' attribute containing + its namespace path will be present in its sysfs directory. For + example, if the _BCL method is present for an ACPI namespace node, a + struct acpi_device object with LNXVIDEO 'bus_id' will be created for + it. + + The third column of the above table indicates which ACPI System + Description Tables contain information used for the creation of the + struct acpi_device objects represented by the given row (xSDT means DSDT + or SSDT). + + The forth column of the above table indicates the 'bus_id' generation + rule of the struct acpi_device object: + _HID: + _HID in the last column of the table means that the object's bus_id + is derived from the _HID/_CID identification objects present under + the corresponding ACPI namespace node. The object's sysfs directory + will then contain the 'hid' and 'modalias' attributes that can be + used to retrieve the _HID and _CIDs of that object. + LNXxxxxx: + The 'modalias' attribute is also present for struct acpi_device + objects having bus_id of the "LNXxxxxx" form (pseudo devices), in + which cases it contains the bus_id string itself. + device: + 'device' in the last column of the table indicates that the object's + bus_id cannot be determined from _HID/_CID of the corresponding + ACPI namespace node, although that object represents a device (for + example, it may be a PCI device with _ADR defined and without _HID + or _CID). In that case the string 'device' will be used as the + object's bus_id. + + +4. Linux ACPI Physical Device Glue + + ACPI device (i.e. struct acpi_device) objects may be linked to other + objects in the Linux' device hierarchy that represent "physical" devices + (for example, devices on the PCI bus). If that happens, it means that + the ACPI device object is a "companion" of a device otherwise + represented in a different way and is used (1) to provide configuration + information on that device which cannot be obtained by other means and + (2) to do specific things to the device with the help of its ACPI + control methods. One ACPI device object may be linked this way to + multiple "physical" devices. + + If an ACPI device object is linked to a "physical" device, its sysfs + directory contains the "physical_node" symbolic link to the sysfs + directory of the target device object. In turn, the target device's + sysfs directory will then contain the "firmware_node" symbolic link to + the sysfs directory of the companion ACPI device object. + The linking mechanism relies on device identification provided by the + ACPI namespace. For example, if there's an ACPI namespace object + representing a PCI device (i.e. a device object under an ACPI namespace + object representing a PCI bridge) whose _ADR returns 0x00020000 and the + bus number of the parent PCI bridge is 0, the sysfs directory + representing the struct acpi_device object created for that ACPI + namespace object will contain the 'physical_node' symbolic link to the + /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02:0/ sysfs directory of the + corresponding PCI device. + + The linking mechanism is generally bus-specific. The core of its + implementation is located in the drivers/acpi/glue.c file, but there are + complementary parts depending on the bus types in question located + elsewhere. For example, the PCI-specific part of it is located in + drivers/pci/pci-acpi.c. + + +5. Example Linux ACPI Device Tree + + The sysfs hierarchy of struct acpi_device objects corresponding to the + example ACPI namespace illustrated in Figure 2 with the addition of + fixed PWR_BUTTON/SLP_BUTTON devices is shown below. + + +--------------+---+-----------------+ + | LNXSYSTEM:00 | \ | acpi:LNXSYSTEM: | + +--------------+---+-----------------+ + | + | +-------------+-----+----------------+ + +-| LNXPWRBN:00 | N/A | acpi:LNXPWRBN: | + | +-------------+-----+----------------+ + | + | +-------------+-----+----------------+ + +-| LNXSLPBN:00 | N/A | acpi:LNXSLPBN: | + | +-------------+-----+----------------+ + | + | +-----------+------------+--------------+ + +-| LNXCPU:00 | \_PR_.CPU0 | acpi:LNXCPU: | + | +-----------+------------+--------------+ + | + | +-------------+-------+----------------+ + +-| LNXSYBUS:00 | \_SB_ | acpi:LNXSYBUS: | + | +-------------+-------+----------------+ + | | + | | +- - - - - - - +- - - - - - +- - - - - - - -+ + | +-| PNP0C0D:00 | \_SB_.LID0 | acpi:PNP0C0D: | + | | +- - - - - - - +- - - - - - +- - - - - - - -+ + | | + | | +------------+------------+-----------------------+ + | +-| PNP0A08:00 | \_SB_.PCI0 | acpi:PNP0A08:PNP0A03: | + | +------------+------------+-----------------------+ + | | + | | +-----------+-----------------+-----+ + | +-| device:00 | \_SB_.PCI0.RP03 | N/A | + | | +-----------+-----------------+-----+ + | | | + | | | +-------------+----------------------+----------------+ + | | +-| LNXPOWER:00 | \_SB_.PCI0.RP03.PXP3 | acpi:LNXPOWER: | + | | +-------------+----------------------+----------------+ + | | + | | +-------------+-----------------+----------------+ + | +-| LNXVIDEO:00 | \_SB_.PCI0.GFX0 | acpi:LNXVIDEO: | + | +-------------+-----------------+----------------+ + | | + | | +-----------+-----------------+-----+ + | +-| device:01 | \_SB_.PCI0.DD01 | N/A | + | +-----------+-----------------+-----+ + | + | +-------------+-------+----------------+ + +-| LNXSYBUS:01 | \_TZ_ | acpi:LNXSYBUS: | + +-------------+-------+----------------+ + | + | +-------------+------------+----------------+ + +-| LNXPOWER:0a | \_TZ_.FN00 | acpi:LNXPOWER: | + | +-------------+------------+----------------+ + | + | +------------+------------+---------------+ + +-| PNP0C0B:00 | \_TZ_.FAN0 | acpi:PNP0C0B: | + | +------------+------------+---------------+ + | + | +-------------+------------+----------------+ + +-| LNXTHERM:00 | \_TZ_.TZ00 | acpi:LNXTHERM: | + +-------------+------------+----------------+ + + Figure 3. Example Linux ACPI Device Tree + + NOTE: Each node is represented as "object/path/modalias", where: + 1. 'object' is the name of the object's directory in sysfs. + 2. 'path' is the ACPI namespace path of the corresponding + ACPI namespace object, as returned by the object's 'path' + sysfs attribute. + 3. 'modalias' is the value of the object's 'modalias' sysfs + attribute (as described earlier in this document). + NOTE: N/A indicates the device object does not have the 'path' or the + 'modalias' attribute. |