linux-kernel - Re: CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS_POWER to be removed in 2.6.39

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Message-ID: <20110705175224.GB30531@srcf.ucam.org>
Date:	Tue, 5 Jul 2011 18:52:24 +0100
From:	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>
To:	Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc:	Marc Koschewski <marc@...nowledge.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS_POWER to be removed in 2.6.39

On Fri, Jul 01, 2011 at 08:55:23AM +0800, Américo Wang wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 5:37 AM, Marc Koschewski <marc@...nowledge.org> wrote:
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS_POWER is still there. Missed it or did you want it
> > to reside?
> 
> There was a patch to remove it,
> 
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/654021/
> 
> Don't know why it is not merged.

There's still plenty of userspace using it. There probably ought to at 
least be a period where using it generates a deprecation warning.

-- 
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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