linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] acpi: edit ACPI_PROCFS

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Date:   Fri, 23 Mar 2018 00:21:59 +0100
From:   "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
To:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
Cc:     ACPI Devel Mailing List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] acpi: edit ACPI_PROCFS_POWER help text

On Saturday, March 3, 2018 1:55:54 AM CET Randy Dunlap wrote:
> From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> 
> Fix grammar and punctuation (end sentences with a period) in the
> Kconfig help text for ACPI_PROCFS_POWER.
> 
> I was looking at this since it appears to be going away (again,
> some day) and I have a working script that uses this info to tell me
> battery usage. I can update the script to use /sys/class/power_supply
> (in theory) but the contents (with units) should be documented in
> Documentation/ABI/ before /proc/acpi/battery/ is removed (IMO).
> 
> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
> Cc: Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
> Cc: linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
> ---
>  drivers/acpi/Kconfig |    8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> --- linux-next-20180302.orig/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
> +++ linux-next-20180302/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
> @@ -105,14 +105,14 @@ config ACPI_PROCFS_POWER
>            deprecated power /proc/acpi/ directories to exist, even when
>            they have been replaced by functions in /sys.
>            The deprecated directories (and their replacements) include:
> -	  /proc/acpi/battery/* (/sys/class/power_supply/*)
> -	  /proc/acpi/ac_adapter/* (sys/class/power_supply/*)
> +	  /proc/acpi/battery/* (/sys/class/power_supply/*) and
> +	  /proc/acpi/ac_adapter/* (sys/class/power_supply/*).
>  	  This option has no effect on /proc/acpi/ directories
> -	  and functions, which do not yet exist in /sys
> +	  and functions which do not yet exist in /sys.
>  	  This option, together with the proc directories, will be
>  	  deleted in the future.
>  
> -	  Say N to delete power /proc/acpi/ directories that have moved to /sys/
> +	  Say N to delete power /proc/acpi/ directories that have moved to /sys.
>  
>  config ACPI_REV_OVERRIDE_POSSIBLE
>  	bool "Allow supported ACPI revision to be overridden"

Applied, thanks!