linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] reverse CONFIG_ACPI_PROC

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Date:	Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:39:34 -0400
From:	"Brown, Len" <len.brown@...el.com>
To:	"Hugh Dickins" <hugh@...itas.com>,
	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] reverse CONFIG_ACPI_PROC_EVENT default

Thanks Hugh.

-Len 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Hugh Dickins [mailto:hugh@...itas.com] 
>Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 11:05 AM
>To: Linus Torvalds
>Cc: Andrew Morton; Brown, Len; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
>Subject: [PATCH] reverse CONFIG_ACPI_PROC_EVENT default
>
>Sigh.  Again an ACPI assault on the Thinkpad's Fn+F4 to suspend to RAM.
>The default and text for CONFIG_THINKPAD_ACPI_INPUT_ENABLED were fixed
>in -rc3, but now 14e04fb34ffa82ee61ae69f98d8fca12d2e8e31c introduces
>CONFIG_ACPI_PROC_EVENT default n to disable it again.  Change default
>to y, and add comment to make it clearer that n is for future distros.
>
>Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@...itas.com>
>
>--- 2.6.23-rc3-git10/drivers/acpi/Kconfig	2007-08-26 
>18:10:15.000000000 +0100
>+++ linux/drivers/acpi/Kconfig	2007-08-26 18:59:16.000000000 +0100
>@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ config ACPI_PROCFS
> config ACPI_PROC_EVENT
> 	bool "Deprecated /proc/acpi/event support"
> 	depends on PROC_FS
>+	default y
> 	---help---
> 	  A user-space daemon, acpi, typically read /proc/acpi/event
> 	  and handled all ACPI sub-system generated events.
>@@ -78,10 +79,13 @@ config ACPI_PROC_EVENT
> 	  These events are now delivered to user-space via
> 	  either the input layer, or as netlink events.
> 
>-	  This build option enables the old code for for legacy
>+	  This build option enables the old code for legacy
> 	  user-space implementation.  After some time, this will
> 	  be moved under CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS, and then deleted.
> 
>+	  Say Y here to retain the old behaviour.  Say N if your
>+	  user-space is newer than kernel 2.6.23 (September 2007).
>+
> config ACPI_AC
> 	tristate "AC Adapter"
> 	depends on X86
>
-
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