Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:40:54 +0200 | From | Henne <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH][ACPI][BUTTON] remove procfs-interface |
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Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 10:58 +0200, Henne wrote: > >> Removes the proc_fs interface from the ACPI button driver. >> Signed-off-by: Henrik Kretzschmar <henne@nachtwindheim.de> >> >> --- >> > > you forgot to say why..... > > > First, because refering to /Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt it should be done:
>What: /proc/acpi/button >When: August 2007 >Why: /proc/acpi/button has been replaced by events to the input layer > since 2.6.20. >Who: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Second, refering to /Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
>What: ACPI procfs interface >When: July 2007 >Why: After ACPI sysfs conversion, ACPI attributes will be duplicated > in sysfs and the ACPI procfs interface should be removed. >Who: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
The button driver uses acpi_root_dir which won't be available if acpi is removed this month. That would lead to errors, I think.
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