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Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:40:54 +0200 From: Henne <henne@...htwindheim.de> To: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> CC: len.brown@...el.com, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH][ACPI][BUTTON] remove procfs-interface 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@...htwindheim.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Why: /proc/acpi/button has been replaced by events to the input layer 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@...el.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@...el.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. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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