linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/6] X86 platform drivers: Remove EC dump from thinkpad

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Message-Id: <201007021114.00982.trenn@suse.de>
Date:	Fri, 2 Jul 2010 11:14:00 +0200
From:	Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.de>
To:	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>
Cc:	lenb@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
	astarikovskiy@...e.de, ibm-acpi-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] X86 platform drivers: Remove EC dump from thinkpad_acpi

On Thursday 01 July 2010 21:31:18 Thomas Renninger wrote:
> On Thursday 01 July 2010 06:27:41 pm Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> > On Thu, 01 Jul 2010, Thomas Renninger wrote:
> ...
> > I'd prefer if the above text gets replaced by something that adds a pointer
> > to the new facility, instead of being just outright removed.  Also, the
> > text about how to use the facility to detect tachometers and thermometers
> > should be retained, if at all possible.
> I agree. I'll repost this one in some days.
Hmm, I take that back.
This still should get removed completely from:
Documentation/laptops/thinkpad-acpi.txt

These problems apply to all laptops and instead of adding pointers to all
Documentation/laptop/${vendor} files,
a separate file should be added. This should then be more about thermal
management problems in general and pointers to:
Documentation/acpi/ec_sysfs
and
Documentation/acpi/debug.txt
Documentation/acpi/*
added there looks like the appropriate solution to me.

If people agree:
  - This patch is still fine and should get applied as it is
  - I will send another patch adding some more documentation
    in some days

Thanks,

    Thomas
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