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Date:   Mon, 24 Apr 2023 22:52:20 +0200
From:   Thomas =?utf-8?Q?Wei=C3=9Fschuh?= <thomas@t-8ch.de>
To:     Jorge Lopez <jorgealtxwork@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 01/14] HP BIOSCFG driver - Documentation
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Hi Jorge,

On 2023-04-24 11:11:41-0500, Jorge Lopez wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 3:51 PM Thomas Weißschuh <thomas@t-8ch.de> wrote:
> >
> > On 2023-04-20 11:54:41-0500, Jorge Lopez wrote:
> > > Based on the latest platform-drivers-x86.git/for-next
> > > ---
> > >  .../testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes   | 98 ++++++++++++++++++-
> > >  1 file changed, 96 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes
> > > index 4cdba3477176..73d7b8fbc0b2 100644
> > > --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes
> > > +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-firmware-attributes
> > > @@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ Description:
> > >                       - integer: a range of numerical values
> > >                       - string
> > >
> > > +             HP specific types
> > > +             -----------------
> > > +                     - ordered-list - a set of ordered list valid values
> > > +                     - sure-start - report audit logs read from BIOS
> >
> > In the treevie you sent the Sure_Start attribute does not have
> > a "current_value".
> > This indicated that it's not actually a firmware attribute but just some
> > standalone sysfs attribute.
> >
> > In this case it should not be documented here, but handled the same way
> > as the SPM stuff.
> 
> I will update the documentation as indicated.

This will also need changes to the code.
Only the audit log stuff is needed then.