7 _DSD (Device Specific Data) [7] is a predefined ACPI device
8 configuration object that can be used to convey information on
9 hardware features which are not specifically covered by the ACPI
10 specification [1][6]. There are two _DSD extensions that are relevant
11 for graphs: property [4] and hierarchical data extensions [5]. The
12 property extension provides generic key-value pairs whereas the
13 hierarchical data extension supports nodes with references to other
14 nodes, forming a tree. The nodes in the tree may contain properties as
15 defined by the property extension. The two extensions together provide
16 a tree-like structure with zero or more properties (key-value pairs)
17 in each node of the tree.
19 The data structure may be accessed at runtime by using the device_*
20 and fwnode_* functions defined in include/linux/fwnode.h .
22 Fwnode represents a generic firmware node object. It is independent on
23 the firmware type. In ACPI, fwnodes are _DSD hierarchical data
24 extensions objects. A device's _DSD object is represented by an
27 The data structure may be referenced to elsewhere in the ACPI tables
28 by using a hard reference to the device itself and an index to the
29 hierarchical data extension array on each depth.
35 The port and endpoint concepts are very similar to those in Devicetree
36 [3]. A port represents an interface in a device, and an endpoint
37 represents a connection to that interface.
39 All port nodes are located under the device's "_DSD" node in the hierarchical
40 data extension tree. The data extension related to each port node must begin
41 with "port" and must be followed by the "@" character and the number of the port
42 as its key. The target object it refers to should be called "PRTX", where "X" is
43 the number of the port. An example of such a package would be:
45 Package() { "port@4", PRT4 }
47 Further on, endpoints are located under the port nodes. The hierarchical
48 data extension key of the endpoint nodes must begin with
49 "endpoint" and must be followed by the "@" character and the number of the
50 endpoint. The object it refers to should be called "EPXY", where "X" is the
51 number of the port and "Y" is the number of the endpoint. An example of such a
54 Package() { "endpoint@0", EP40 }
56 Each port node contains a property extension key "port", the value of which is
57 the number of the port. Each endpoint is similarly numbered with a property
58 extension key "reg", the value of which is the number of the endpoint. Port
59 numbers must be unique within a device and endpoint numbers must be unique
60 within a port. If a device object may only has a single port, then the number
61 of that port shall be zero. Similarly, if a port may only have a single
62 endpoint, the number of that endpoint shall be zero.
64 The endpoint reference uses property extension with "remote-endpoint" property
65 name followed by a reference in the same package. Such references consist of the
66 the remote device reference, the first package entry of the port data extension
67 reference under the device and finally the first package entry of the endpoint
68 data extension reference under the port. Individual references thus appear as:
70 Package() { device, "port@X", "endpoint@Y" }
72 In the above example, "X" is the number of the port and "Y" is the number of the
75 The references to endpoints must be always done both ways, to the
76 remote endpoint and back from the referred remote endpoint node.
78 A simple example of this is show below:
80 Scope (\_SB.PCI0.I2C2)
84 Name (_DSD, Package () {
85 ToUUID("daffd814-6eba-4d8c-8a91-bc9bbf4aa301"),
87 Package () { "compatible", Package () { "nokia,smia" } },
89 ToUUID("dbb8e3e6-5886-4ba6-8795-1319f52a966b"),
91 Package () { "port@0", PRT0 },
94 Name (PRT0, Package() {
95 ToUUID("daffd814-6eba-4d8c-8a91-bc9bbf4aa301"),
97 Package () { "reg", 0 },
99 ToUUID("dbb8e3e6-5886-4ba6-8795-1319f52a966b"),
101 Package () { "endpoint@0", EP00 },
104 Name (EP00, Package() {
105 ToUUID("daffd814-6eba-4d8c-8a91-bc9bbf4aa301"),
107 Package () { "reg", 0 },
108 Package () { "remote-endpoint", Package() { \_SB.PCI0.ISP, "port@4", "endpoint@0" } },
118 Name (_DSD, Package () {
119 ToUUID("dbb8e3e6-5886-4ba6-8795-1319f52a966b"),
121 Package () { "port@4", PRT4 },
125 Name (PRT4, Package() {
126 ToUUID("daffd814-6eba-4d8c-8a91-bc9bbf4aa301"),
128 Package () { "reg", 4 }, /* CSI-2 port number */
130 ToUUID("dbb8e3e6-5886-4ba6-8795-1319f52a966b"),
132 Package () { "endpoint@0", EP40 },
136 Name (EP40, Package() {
137 ToUUID("daffd814-6eba-4d8c-8a91-bc9bbf4aa301"),
139 Package () { "reg", 0 },
140 Package () { "remote-endpoint", Package () { \_SB.PCI0.I2C2.CAM0, "port@0", "endpoint@0" } },
146 Here, the port 0 of the "CAM0" device is connected to the port 4 of
147 the "ISP" device and vice versa.
153 [1] _DSD (Device Specific Data) Implementation Guide.
154 <URL:http://www.uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/_DSD-implementation-guide-toplevel-1_1.htm>,
155 referenced 2016-10-03.
157 [2] Devicetree. <URL:http://www.devicetree.org>, referenced 2016-10-03.
159 [3] Documentation/devicetree/bindings/graph.txt
161 [4] Device Properties UUID For _DSD.
162 <URL:http://www.uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/_DSD-device-properties-UUID.pdf>,
163 referenced 2016-10-04.
165 [5] Hierarchical Data Extension UUID For _DSD.
166 <URL:http://www.uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/_DSD-hierarchical-data-extension-UUID-v1.1.pdf>,
167 referenced 2016-10-04.
169 [6] Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Specification.
170 <URL:http://www.uefi.org/sites/default/files/resources/ACPI_6_1.pdf>,
171 referenced 2016-10-04.
173 [7] _DSD Device Properties Usage Rules.
174 Documentation/acpi/DSD-properties-rules.txt