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Message-Id: <20220109194400.58725-4-W_Armin@gmx.de>
Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2022 20:44:00 +0100
From: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>
To: pali@...nel.org
Cc: jdelvare@...e.com, linux@...ck-us.net, corbet@....net,
linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH RESEND v2 3/3] Documentation: ABI: Add ABI file for legacy /proc/i8k interface
Add ABI file for informing remaining users of the
deprecation of the legacy /proc/i8k interface.
Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>
---
Documentation/ABI/obsolete/procfs-i8k | 10 ++++++++++
MAINTAINERS | 1 +
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/obsolete/procfs-i8k
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/procfs-i8k b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/procfs-i8k
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..32df4d5bdd15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/procfs-i8k
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+What: /proc/i8k
+Date: November 2001
+KernelVersion: 2.4.14
+Contact: Pali Rohár <pali@...nel.org>
+Description: Legacy interface for getting/setting sensor information like
+ fan speed, temperature, serial number, hotkey status etc
+ on Dell Laptops.
+ Since the driver is now using the standard hwmon sysfs interface,
+ the procfs interface is deprecated.
+Users: https://github.com/vitorafsr/i8kutils
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index e7e40563498f..468ee16ee778 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -5365,6 +5365,7 @@ F: drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-rbtn.*
DELL LAPTOP SMM DRIVER
M: Pali Rohár <pali@...nel.org>
S: Maintained
+F: Documentation/ABI/obsolete/procfs-i8k
F: drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
F: include/uapi/linux/i8k.h
--
2.30.2
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