linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/3] ACPI / PM: Export power resources information to user space

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Message-ID: <20130120233735.GA7449@kroah.com>
Date:	Sun, 20 Jan 2013 15:37:35 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Kristen C. Accardi" <kristen.c.accardi@...el.com>,
	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/3] ACPI / PM: Export power resources information
 to user space

On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 03:51:40PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> Hi Greg,
> 
> The following patch series is about exporting ACPI power resources to user
> space that will be necessary for PM diagnostics on new platforms (powertop is
> the target).  Still, existing systems can also benefit from that, like my
> oldish HP nx6325 on which the patches have been tested.
> 
> Patch [1/3] shouldn't be really controverisal, as it only makes it possible
> to read power resources' reference counters from user space in a quite
> straightforward way.

You need to add a Documentation/ABI/ entry for the new file you created
here.  Same thing for 3/3, which will help me understand exactly what
you are trying to do here with sysfs.  Care to update that so I can try
to figure out if the sysfs code is correct?

thanks,

greg k-h
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