linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3.13 089/212] ACPI: Remove Kconfig symbol ACPI

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Date:	Wed, 18 Jun 2014 00:26:31 +0200
From:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
To:	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.13 089/212] ACPI: Remove Kconfig symbol ACPI_PROCFS

Kamal,

On Tue, 2014-06-17 at 14:43 -0700, Kamal Mostafa wrote:
> 3.13.11.4 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> 
> ------------------
> 
> From: Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
> 
> commit 7919010c4224e07b871f3b5513d245cc029fcd67 upstream.
> 
> Nothing cares about ACPI_PROCFS. This has been the case since v2.6.38.
> This Kconfig symbol serves no purpose and its help text is now
> misleading. It can safely be removed. If this symbol would be needed
> again in the future it can be readded in a commit that adds code that
> actually uses it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
> Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com>
> [ kamal: 3.13-stable prereq for
>   e2a7c3d ACPI: Revert "ACPI: Remove CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS_POWER and cm_sbsc.c" ]

I'm curious: how can this patch - which is straightforward cleanup,
without any further impact - be a prerequisite for a revert, or anything
else, for that matter?

> Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>


Paul Bolle

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