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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+===========
+ACPI Tables
+===========
+
+ACPI is the "Advanced Configuration and Power Interface", which is a standard
+that defines how platforms and OS manage power and configure computer hardware.
+For the purpose of this theory of operation, when referring to "ACPI" we will
+usually refer to "ACPI Tables" - which are the way a platform (BIOS/EFI)
+communicates static configuration information to the operation system.
+
+The Following ACPI tables contain *static* configuration and performance data
+about CXL devices.
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 1
+
+   acpi/cedt.rst
+   acpi/srat.rst
+   acpi/hmat.rst
+   acpi/slit.rst
+   acpi/dsdt.rst
+
+The SRAT table may also contain generic port/initiator content that is intended
+to describe the generic port, but not information about the rest of the path to
+the endpoint.
+
+Linux uses these tables to configure kernel resources for statically configured
+(by BIOS/EFI) CXL devices, such as:
+
+- NUMA nodes
+- Memory Tiers
+- NUMA Abstract Distances
+- SystemRAM Memory Regions
+- Weighted Interleave Node Weights
+
+ACPI Debugging
+==============
+
+The :code:`acpidump -b` command dumps the ACPI tables into binary format.
+
+The :code:`iasl -d` command disassembles the files into human readable format.
+
+Example :code:`acpidump -b && iasl -d cedt.dat` ::
+
+   [000h 0000   4]   Signature : "CEDT"    [CXL Early Discovery Table]
+
+Common Issues
+-------------
+Most failures described here result in a failure of the driver to surface
+memory as a DAX device and/or kmem.
+
+* CEDT CFMWS targets list UIDs do not match CEDT CHBS UIDs.
+* CEDT CFMWS targets list UIDs do not match DSDT CXL Host Bridge UIDs.
+* CEDT CFMWS Restriction Bits are not correct.
+* CEDT CFMWS Memory regions are poorly aligned.
+* CEDT CFMWS Memory regions spans a platform memory hole.
+* CEDT CHBS UIDs do not match DSDT CXL Host Bridge UIDs.
+* CEDT CHBS Specification version is incorrect.
+* SRAT is missing regions described in CEDT CFMWS.
+
+  * Result: failure to create a NUMA node for the region, or
+    region is placed in wrong node.
+
+* HMAT is missing data for regions described in CEDT CFMWS.
+
+  * Result: NUMA node being placed in the wrong memory tier.
+
+* SLIT has bad data.
+
+  * Result: Lots of performance mechanisms in the kernel will be very unhappy.
+
+All of these issues will appear to users as if the driver is failing to
+support CXL - when in reality they are all the failure of a platform to
+configure the ACPI tables correctly.