linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ACPI: fix fan module removal when ACPI

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Message-id: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1004271309190.4006@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Tue, 27 Apr 2010 13:12:49 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
To:	Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...oscopio.com>
Cc:	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, rui.zhang@...el.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ACPI: fix fan module removal when ACPI_PROCFS is disabled

> When ACPI_PROCFS is disabled, /proc/acpi/fan/ directory is not created.
> So, it should not be removed during the module removal either.

Yes, this patch would make the #ifdefs consistent.
But it looks like remove_proc_entry() just silently does nothing
if the directory is not there, yes?

What I'd really like to see is a patch removing fan.c's proc code 
completely.  It was scheduld for removal in July 2008.

thanks,
Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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