1.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 2.. include:: <isonum.txt> 3 4======================================= 5Compute Express Link: Linux Conventions 6======================================= 7 8There exists shipping platforms that bend or break CXL specification 9expectations. Record the details and the rationale for those deviations. 10Borrow the ACPI Code First template format to capture the assumptions 11and tradeoffs such that multiple platform implementations can follow the 12same convention. 13 14<(template) Title> 15================== 16 17Document 18-------- 19CXL Revision <rev>, Version <ver> 20 21License 22------- 23SPDX-License Identifier: CC-BY-4.0 24 25Creator/Contributors 26-------------------- 27 28Summary of the Change 29--------------------- 30 31<Detail the conflict with the specification and where available the 32assumptions and tradeoffs taken by the hardware platform.> 33 34 35Benefits of the Change 36---------------------- 37 38<Detail what happens if platforms and Linux do not adopt this 39convention.> 40 41References 42---------- 43 44Detailed Description of the Change 45---------------------------------- 46 47<Propose spec language that corrects the conflict.> 48