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[v4,19/63] Documentation: ACPI: move apei/output_format.txt to firmware-guide/acpi and convert to reST

Message ID 20190423162932.21428-20-changbin.du@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
Delegated to: Bjorn Helgaas
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Series Include linux ACPI/PCI/X86 docs into Sphinx TOC tree | expand

Commit Message

Changbin Du April 23, 2019, 4:28 p.m. UTC
This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and
add it to Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change.

Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/acpi/apei/output_format.txt     | 147 -----------------
 .../acpi/apei/output_format.rst               | 150 ++++++++++++++++++
 Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/index.rst   |   1 +
 3 files changed, 151 insertions(+), 147 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 Documentation/acpi/apei/output_format.txt
 create mode 100644 Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/apei/output_format.rst

Comments

Mauro Carvalho Chehab April 24, 2019, 2:29 p.m. UTC | #1
Em Wed, 24 Apr 2019 00:28:48 +0800
Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com> escreveu:

> This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and
> add it to Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>

For the conversion changes:

Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org>

> ---
>  Documentation/acpi/apei/output_format.txt     | 147 -----------------
>  .../acpi/apei/output_format.rst               | 150 ++++++++++++++++++
>  Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/index.rst   |   1 +
>  3 files changed, 151 insertions(+), 147 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 Documentation/acpi/apei/output_format.txt
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/apei/output_format.rst
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/apei/output_format.txt b/Documentation/acpi/apei/output_format.txt
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 0c49c197c47a..000000000000
> --- a/Documentation/acpi/apei/output_format.txt
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,147 +0,0 @@
> -                     APEI output format
> -                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> -
> -APEI uses printk as hardware error reporting interface, the output
> -format is as follow.
> -
> -<error record> :=
> -APEI generic hardware error status
> -severity: <integer>, <severity string>
> -section: <integer>, severity: <integer>, <severity string>
> -flags: <integer>
> -<section flags strings>
> -fru_id: <uuid string>
> -fru_text: <string>
> -section_type: <section type string>
> -<section data>
> -
> -<severity string>* := recoverable | fatal | corrected | info
> -
> -<section flags strings># :=
> -[primary][, containment warning][, reset][, threshold exceeded]\
> -[, resource not accessible][, latent error]
> -
> -<section type string> := generic processor error | memory error | \
> -PCIe error | unknown, <uuid string>
> -
> -<section data> :=
> -<generic processor section data> | <memory section data> | \
> -<pcie section data> | <null>
> -
> -<generic processor section data> :=
> -[processor_type: <integer>, <proc type string>]
> -[processor_isa: <integer>, <proc isa string>]
> -[error_type: <integer>
> -<proc error type strings>]
> -[operation: <integer>, <proc operation string>]
> -[flags: <integer>
> -<proc flags strings>]
> -[level: <integer>]
> -[version_info: <integer>]
> -[processor_id: <integer>]
> -[target_address: <integer>]
> -[requestor_id: <integer>]
> -[responder_id: <integer>]
> -[IP: <integer>]
> -
> -<proc type string>* := IA32/X64 | IA64
> -
> -<proc isa string>* := IA32 | IA64 | X64
> -
> -<processor error type strings># :=
> -[cache error][, TLB error][, bus error][, micro-architectural error]
> -
> -<proc operation string>* := unknown or generic | data read | data write | \
> -instruction execution
> -
> -<proc flags strings># :=
> -[restartable][, precise IP][, overflow][, corrected]
> -
> -<memory section data> :=
> -[error_status: <integer>]
> -[physical_address: <integer>]
> -[physical_address_mask: <integer>]
> -[node: <integer>]
> -[card: <integer>]
> -[module: <integer>]
> -[bank: <integer>]
> -[device: <integer>]
> -[row: <integer>]
> -[column: <integer>]
> -[bit_position: <integer>]
> -[requestor_id: <integer>]
> -[responder_id: <integer>]
> -[target_id: <integer>]
> -[error_type: <integer>, <mem error type string>]
> -
> -<mem error type string>* :=
> -unknown | no error | single-bit ECC | multi-bit ECC | \
> -single-symbol chipkill ECC | multi-symbol chipkill ECC | master abort | \
> -target abort | parity error | watchdog timeout | invalid address | \
> -mirror Broken | memory sparing | scrub corrected error | \
> -scrub uncorrected error
> -
> -<pcie section data> :=
> -[port_type: <integer>, <pcie port type string>]
> -[version: <integer>.<integer>]
> -[command: <integer>, status: <integer>]
> -[device_id: <integer>:<integer>:<integer>.<integer>
> -slot: <integer>
> -secondary_bus: <integer>
> -vendor_id: <integer>, device_id: <integer>
> -class_code: <integer>]
> -[serial number: <integer>, <integer>]
> -[bridge: secondary_status: <integer>, control: <integer>]
> -[aer_status: <integer>, aer_mask: <integer>
> -<aer status string>
> -[aer_uncor_severity: <integer>]
> -aer_layer=<aer layer string>, aer_agent=<aer agent string>
> -aer_tlp_header: <integer> <integer> <integer> <integer>]
> -
> -<pcie port type string>* := PCIe end point | legacy PCI end point | \
> -unknown | unknown | root port | upstream switch port | \
> -downstream switch port | PCIe to PCI/PCI-X bridge | \
> -PCI/PCI-X to PCIe bridge | root complex integrated endpoint device | \
> -root complex event collector
> -
> -if section severity is fatal or recoverable
> -<aer status string># :=
> -unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Data Link Protocol | \
> -unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | \
> -Poisoned TLP | Flow Control Protocol | Completion Timeout | \
> -Completer Abort | Unexpected Completion | Receiver Overflow | \
> -Malformed TLP | ECRC | Unsupported Request
> -else
> -<aer status string># :=
> -Receiver Error | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | \
> -Bad TLP | Bad DLLP | RELAY_NUM Rollover | unknown | unknown | unknown | \
> -Replay Timer Timeout | Advisory Non-Fatal
> -fi
> -
> -<aer layer string> :=
> -Physical Layer | Data Link Layer | Transaction Layer
> -
> -<aer agent string> :=
> -Receiver ID | Requester ID | Completer ID | Transmitter ID
> -
> -Where, [] designate corresponding content is optional
> -
> -All <field string> description with * has the following format:
> -
> -field: <integer>, <field string>
> -
> -Where value of <integer> should be the position of "string" in <field
> -string> description. Otherwise, <field string> will be "unknown".  
> -
> -All <field strings> description with # has the following format:
> -
> -field: <integer>
> -<field strings>
> -
> -Where each string in <fields strings> corresponding to one set bit of
> -<integer>. The bit position is the position of "string" in <field
> -strings> description.  
> -
> -For more detailed explanation of every field, please refer to UEFI
> -specification version 2.3 or later, section Appendix N: Common
> -Platform Error Record.
> diff --git a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/apei/output_format.rst b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/apei/output_format.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..c2e7ebddb529
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/apei/output_format.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +==================
> +APEI output format
> +==================
> +
> +APEI uses printk as hardware error reporting interface, the output
> +format is as follow::
> +
> +        <error record> :=
> +        APEI generic hardware error status
> +        severity: <integer>, <severity string>
> +        section: <integer>, severity: <integer>, <severity string>
> +        flags: <integer>
> +        <section flags strings>
> +        fru_id: <uuid string>
> +        fru_text: <string>
> +        section_type: <section type string>
> +        <section data>
> +
> +        <severity string>* := recoverable | fatal | corrected | info
> +
> +        <section flags strings># :=
> +        [primary][, containment warning][, reset][, threshold exceeded]\
> +        [, resource not accessible][, latent error]
> +
> +        <section type string> := generic processor error | memory error | \
> +        PCIe error | unknown, <uuid string>
> +
> +        <section data> :=
> +        <generic processor section data> | <memory section data> | \
> +        <pcie section data> | <null>
> +
> +        <generic processor section data> :=
> +        [processor_type: <integer>, <proc type string>]
> +        [processor_isa: <integer>, <proc isa string>]
> +        [error_type: <integer>
> +        <proc error type strings>]
> +        [operation: <integer>, <proc operation string>]
> +        [flags: <integer>
> +        <proc flags strings>]
> +        [level: <integer>]
> +        [version_info: <integer>]
> +        [processor_id: <integer>]
> +        [target_address: <integer>]
> +        [requestor_id: <integer>]
> +        [responder_id: <integer>]
> +        [IP: <integer>]
> +
> +        <proc type string>* := IA32/X64 | IA64
> +
> +        <proc isa string>* := IA32 | IA64 | X64
> +
> +        <processor error type strings># :=
> +        [cache error][, TLB error][, bus error][, micro-architectural error]
> +
> +        <proc operation string>* := unknown or generic | data read | data write | \
> +        instruction execution
> +
> +        <proc flags strings># :=
> +        [restartable][, precise IP][, overflow][, corrected]
> +
> +        <memory section data> :=
> +        [error_status: <integer>]
> +        [physical_address: <integer>]
> +        [physical_address_mask: <integer>]
> +        [node: <integer>]
> +        [card: <integer>]
> +        [module: <integer>]
> +        [bank: <integer>]
> +        [device: <integer>]
> +        [row: <integer>]
> +        [column: <integer>]
> +        [bit_position: <integer>]
> +        [requestor_id: <integer>]
> +        [responder_id: <integer>]
> +        [target_id: <integer>]
> +        [error_type: <integer>, <mem error type string>]
> +
> +        <mem error type string>* :=
> +        unknown | no error | single-bit ECC | multi-bit ECC | \
> +        single-symbol chipkill ECC | multi-symbol chipkill ECC | master abort | \
> +        target abort | parity error | watchdog timeout | invalid address | \
> +        mirror Broken | memory sparing | scrub corrected error | \
> +        scrub uncorrected error
> +
> +        <pcie section data> :=
> +        [port_type: <integer>, <pcie port type string>]
> +        [version: <integer>.<integer>]
> +        [command: <integer>, status: <integer>]
> +        [device_id: <integer>:<integer>:<integer>.<integer>
> +        slot: <integer>
> +        secondary_bus: <integer>
> +        vendor_id: <integer>, device_id: <integer>
> +        class_code: <integer>]
> +        [serial number: <integer>, <integer>]
> +        [bridge: secondary_status: <integer>, control: <integer>]
> +        [aer_status: <integer>, aer_mask: <integer>
> +        <aer status string>
> +        [aer_uncor_severity: <integer>]
> +        aer_layer=<aer layer string>, aer_agent=<aer agent string>
> +        aer_tlp_header: <integer> <integer> <integer> <integer>]
> +
> +        <pcie port type string>* := PCIe end point | legacy PCI end point | \
> +        unknown | unknown | root port | upstream switch port | \
> +        downstream switch port | PCIe to PCI/PCI-X bridge | \
> +        PCI/PCI-X to PCIe bridge | root complex integrated endpoint device | \
> +        root complex event collector
> +
> +        if section severity is fatal or recoverable
> +        <aer status string># :=
> +        unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Data Link Protocol | \
> +        unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | \
> +        Poisoned TLP | Flow Control Protocol | Completion Timeout | \
> +        Completer Abort | Unexpected Completion | Receiver Overflow | \
> +        Malformed TLP | ECRC | Unsupported Request
> +        else
> +        <aer status string># :=
> +        Receiver Error | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | \
> +        Bad TLP | Bad DLLP | RELAY_NUM Rollover | unknown | unknown | unknown | \
> +        Replay Timer Timeout | Advisory Non-Fatal
> +        fi
> +
> +        <aer layer string> :=
> +        Physical Layer | Data Link Layer | Transaction Layer
> +
> +        <aer agent string> :=
> +        Receiver ID | Requester ID | Completer ID | Transmitter ID
> +
> +Where, [] designate corresponding content is optional
> +
> +All <field string> description with * has the following format::
> +
> +        field: <integer>, <field string>
> +
> +Where value of <integer> should be the position of "string" in <field
> +string> description. Otherwise, <field string> will be "unknown".  
> +
> +All <field strings> description with # has the following format::
> +
> +        field: <integer>
> +        <field strings>
> +
> +Where each string in <fields strings> corresponding to one set bit of
> +<integer>. The bit position is the position of "string" in <field
> +strings> description.  
> +
> +For more detailed explanation of every field, please refer to UEFI
> +specification version 2.3 or later, section Appendix N: Common
> +Platform Error Record.
> diff --git a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/index.rst b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/index.rst
> index e9f253d54897..869badba6d7a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/index.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/index.rst
> @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ ACPI Support
>     DSD-properties-rules
>     debug
>     aml-debugger
> +   apei/output_format
>     gpio-properties
>     i2c-muxes
>     acpi-lid



Thanks,
Mauro
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diff --git a/Documentation/acpi/apei/output_format.txt b/Documentation/acpi/apei/output_format.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c49c197c47a..000000000000
--- a/Documentation/acpi/apei/output_format.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,147 +0,0 @@ 
-                     APEI output format
-                     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
-APEI uses printk as hardware error reporting interface, the output
-format is as follow.
-
-<error record> :=
-APEI generic hardware error status
-severity: <integer>, <severity string>
-section: <integer>, severity: <integer>, <severity string>
-flags: <integer>
-<section flags strings>
-fru_id: <uuid string>
-fru_text: <string>
-section_type: <section type string>
-<section data>
-
-<severity string>* := recoverable | fatal | corrected | info
-
-<section flags strings># :=
-[primary][, containment warning][, reset][, threshold exceeded]\
-[, resource not accessible][, latent error]
-
-<section type string> := generic processor error | memory error | \
-PCIe error | unknown, <uuid string>
-
-<section data> :=
-<generic processor section data> | <memory section data> | \
-<pcie section data> | <null>
-
-<generic processor section data> :=
-[processor_type: <integer>, <proc type string>]
-[processor_isa: <integer>, <proc isa string>]
-[error_type: <integer>
-<proc error type strings>]
-[operation: <integer>, <proc operation string>]
-[flags: <integer>
-<proc flags strings>]
-[level: <integer>]
-[version_info: <integer>]
-[processor_id: <integer>]
-[target_address: <integer>]
-[requestor_id: <integer>]
-[responder_id: <integer>]
-[IP: <integer>]
-
-<proc type string>* := IA32/X64 | IA64
-
-<proc isa string>* := IA32 | IA64 | X64
-
-<processor error type strings># :=
-[cache error][, TLB error][, bus error][, micro-architectural error]
-
-<proc operation string>* := unknown or generic | data read | data write | \
-instruction execution
-
-<proc flags strings># :=
-[restartable][, precise IP][, overflow][, corrected]
-
-<memory section data> :=
-[error_status: <integer>]
-[physical_address: <integer>]
-[physical_address_mask: <integer>]
-[node: <integer>]
-[card: <integer>]
-[module: <integer>]
-[bank: <integer>]
-[device: <integer>]
-[row: <integer>]
-[column: <integer>]
-[bit_position: <integer>]
-[requestor_id: <integer>]
-[responder_id: <integer>]
-[target_id: <integer>]
-[error_type: <integer>, <mem error type string>]
-
-<mem error type string>* :=
-unknown | no error | single-bit ECC | multi-bit ECC | \
-single-symbol chipkill ECC | multi-symbol chipkill ECC | master abort | \
-target abort | parity error | watchdog timeout | invalid address | \
-mirror Broken | memory sparing | scrub corrected error | \
-scrub uncorrected error
-
-<pcie section data> :=
-[port_type: <integer>, <pcie port type string>]
-[version: <integer>.<integer>]
-[command: <integer>, status: <integer>]
-[device_id: <integer>:<integer>:<integer>.<integer>
-slot: <integer>
-secondary_bus: <integer>
-vendor_id: <integer>, device_id: <integer>
-class_code: <integer>]
-[serial number: <integer>, <integer>]
-[bridge: secondary_status: <integer>, control: <integer>]
-[aer_status: <integer>, aer_mask: <integer>
-<aer status string>
-[aer_uncor_severity: <integer>]
-aer_layer=<aer layer string>, aer_agent=<aer agent string>
-aer_tlp_header: <integer> <integer> <integer> <integer>]
-
-<pcie port type string>* := PCIe end point | legacy PCI end point | \
-unknown | unknown | root port | upstream switch port | \
-downstream switch port | PCIe to PCI/PCI-X bridge | \
-PCI/PCI-X to PCIe bridge | root complex integrated endpoint device | \
-root complex event collector
-
-if section severity is fatal or recoverable
-<aer status string># :=
-unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Data Link Protocol | \
-unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | \
-Poisoned TLP | Flow Control Protocol | Completion Timeout | \
-Completer Abort | Unexpected Completion | Receiver Overflow | \
-Malformed TLP | ECRC | Unsupported Request
-else
-<aer status string># :=
-Receiver Error | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | \
-Bad TLP | Bad DLLP | RELAY_NUM Rollover | unknown | unknown | unknown | \
-Replay Timer Timeout | Advisory Non-Fatal
-fi
-
-<aer layer string> :=
-Physical Layer | Data Link Layer | Transaction Layer
-
-<aer agent string> :=
-Receiver ID | Requester ID | Completer ID | Transmitter ID
-
-Where, [] designate corresponding content is optional
-
-All <field string> description with * has the following format:
-
-field: <integer>, <field string>
-
-Where value of <integer> should be the position of "string" in <field
-string> description. Otherwise, <field string> will be "unknown".
-
-All <field strings> description with # has the following format:
-
-field: <integer>
-<field strings>
-
-Where each string in <fields strings> corresponding to one set bit of
-<integer>. The bit position is the position of "string" in <field
-strings> description.
-
-For more detailed explanation of every field, please refer to UEFI
-specification version 2.3 or later, section Appendix N: Common
-Platform Error Record.
diff --git a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/apei/output_format.rst b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/apei/output_format.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c2e7ebddb529
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/apei/output_format.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@ 
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+==================
+APEI output format
+==================
+
+APEI uses printk as hardware error reporting interface, the output
+format is as follow::
+
+        <error record> :=
+        APEI generic hardware error status
+        severity: <integer>, <severity string>
+        section: <integer>, severity: <integer>, <severity string>
+        flags: <integer>
+        <section flags strings>
+        fru_id: <uuid string>
+        fru_text: <string>
+        section_type: <section type string>
+        <section data>
+
+        <severity string>* := recoverable | fatal | corrected | info
+
+        <section flags strings># :=
+        [primary][, containment warning][, reset][, threshold exceeded]\
+        [, resource not accessible][, latent error]
+
+        <section type string> := generic processor error | memory error | \
+        PCIe error | unknown, <uuid string>
+
+        <section data> :=
+        <generic processor section data> | <memory section data> | \
+        <pcie section data> | <null>
+
+        <generic processor section data> :=
+        [processor_type: <integer>, <proc type string>]
+        [processor_isa: <integer>, <proc isa string>]
+        [error_type: <integer>
+        <proc error type strings>]
+        [operation: <integer>, <proc operation string>]
+        [flags: <integer>
+        <proc flags strings>]
+        [level: <integer>]
+        [version_info: <integer>]
+        [processor_id: <integer>]
+        [target_address: <integer>]
+        [requestor_id: <integer>]
+        [responder_id: <integer>]
+        [IP: <integer>]
+
+        <proc type string>* := IA32/X64 | IA64
+
+        <proc isa string>* := IA32 | IA64 | X64
+
+        <processor error type strings># :=
+        [cache error][, TLB error][, bus error][, micro-architectural error]
+
+        <proc operation string>* := unknown or generic | data read | data write | \
+        instruction execution
+
+        <proc flags strings># :=
+        [restartable][, precise IP][, overflow][, corrected]
+
+        <memory section data> :=
+        [error_status: <integer>]
+        [physical_address: <integer>]
+        [physical_address_mask: <integer>]
+        [node: <integer>]
+        [card: <integer>]
+        [module: <integer>]
+        [bank: <integer>]
+        [device: <integer>]
+        [row: <integer>]
+        [column: <integer>]
+        [bit_position: <integer>]
+        [requestor_id: <integer>]
+        [responder_id: <integer>]
+        [target_id: <integer>]
+        [error_type: <integer>, <mem error type string>]
+
+        <mem error type string>* :=
+        unknown | no error | single-bit ECC | multi-bit ECC | \
+        single-symbol chipkill ECC | multi-symbol chipkill ECC | master abort | \
+        target abort | parity error | watchdog timeout | invalid address | \
+        mirror Broken | memory sparing | scrub corrected error | \
+        scrub uncorrected error
+
+        <pcie section data> :=
+        [port_type: <integer>, <pcie port type string>]
+        [version: <integer>.<integer>]
+        [command: <integer>, status: <integer>]
+        [device_id: <integer>:<integer>:<integer>.<integer>
+        slot: <integer>
+        secondary_bus: <integer>
+        vendor_id: <integer>, device_id: <integer>
+        class_code: <integer>]
+        [serial number: <integer>, <integer>]
+        [bridge: secondary_status: <integer>, control: <integer>]
+        [aer_status: <integer>, aer_mask: <integer>
+        <aer status string>
+        [aer_uncor_severity: <integer>]
+        aer_layer=<aer layer string>, aer_agent=<aer agent string>
+        aer_tlp_header: <integer> <integer> <integer> <integer>]
+
+        <pcie port type string>* := PCIe end point | legacy PCI end point | \
+        unknown | unknown | root port | upstream switch port | \
+        downstream switch port | PCIe to PCI/PCI-X bridge | \
+        PCI/PCI-X to PCIe bridge | root complex integrated endpoint device | \
+        root complex event collector
+
+        if section severity is fatal or recoverable
+        <aer status string># :=
+        unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Data Link Protocol | \
+        unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | \
+        Poisoned TLP | Flow Control Protocol | Completion Timeout | \
+        Completer Abort | Unexpected Completion | Receiver Overflow | \
+        Malformed TLP | ECRC | Unsupported Request
+        else
+        <aer status string># :=
+        Receiver Error | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | \
+        Bad TLP | Bad DLLP | RELAY_NUM Rollover | unknown | unknown | unknown | \
+        Replay Timer Timeout | Advisory Non-Fatal
+        fi
+
+        <aer layer string> :=
+        Physical Layer | Data Link Layer | Transaction Layer
+
+        <aer agent string> :=
+        Receiver ID | Requester ID | Completer ID | Transmitter ID
+
+Where, [] designate corresponding content is optional
+
+All <field string> description with * has the following format::
+
+        field: <integer>, <field string>
+
+Where value of <integer> should be the position of "string" in <field
+string> description. Otherwise, <field string> will be "unknown".
+
+All <field strings> description with # has the following format::
+
+        field: <integer>
+        <field strings>
+
+Where each string in <fields strings> corresponding to one set bit of
+<integer>. The bit position is the position of "string" in <field
+strings> description.
+
+For more detailed explanation of every field, please refer to UEFI
+specification version 2.3 or later, section Appendix N: Common
+Platform Error Record.
diff --git a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/index.rst b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/index.rst
index e9f253d54897..869badba6d7a 100644
--- a/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/firmware-guide/acpi/index.rst
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@  ACPI Support
    DSD-properties-rules
    debug
    aml-debugger
+   apei/output_format
    gpio-properties
    i2c-muxes
    acpi-lid