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From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org>
Date:   Mon, 23 Nov 2020 18:02:23 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] docs: ACPI: enumeration: add PCI hierarchy representation
To:     Flavio Suligoi <f.suligoi@asem.it>
Cc:     "Rafael J . Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net>,
        Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>,
        Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>,
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On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 12:12 PM Flavio Suligoi <f.suligoi@asem.it> wrote:
>
> For "fixed" PCI devices, such as chips directly soldered
> on the main board (ethernet, Wi-Fi, serial ports, etc.),
> it is possible to find an ACPI enumeration.
>
> This allows to add useful properties to these devices.
> Just for an example: the property "gpio-line-names" can be
> added to the pins of a GPIO expander on the PCI bus.
>
> In order to find the ACPI name of a PCI device, it's necessary
> to disassemble the BIOS ACPI tables (in particular the DSDT)
> and also to analyze the PCI bus topology of the board.
>
> This patch, with a practical example, show how to do this.
>
> Signed-off-by: Flavio Suligoi <f.suligoi@asem.it>
> ---

Applied as 5.11 material with the R-by tags from Mika and Andy, thanks!