linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH][ACPI][BUTTON] remove procfs-interface

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Date:	Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:38:23 -0400
From:	"Brown, Len" <len.brown@...el.com>
To:	"Richard Hughes" <hughsient@...il.com>,
	"Zhang, Rui" <rui.zhang@...el.com>
Cc:	"Henne" <henne@...htwindheim.de>,
	"Arjan van de Ven" <arjan@...radead.org>,
	<linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>, <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH][ACPI][BUTTON] remove procfs-interface

The last time I tried to remove this code,
we discovered that people were using it to query
the lid (button) status.

-Len 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Richard Hughes [mailto:hughsient@...il.com] 
>Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 6:26 AM
>To: Zhang, Rui
>Cc: Henne; Arjan van de Ven; Brown, Len; 
>linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org; akpm@...ux-foundation.org; 
>linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
>Subject: RE: [PATCH][ACPI][BUTTON] remove procfs-interface
>
>On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 17:46 +0800, Zhang, Rui wrote:
>> 
>> I'm not sure if the button sysfs I/F is already finished.
>> We'd better make a double check. :)
>
>We need a button sysfs interface? What's wrong with just using input?
>
>Richard.
>
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