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Message-ID: <20160223204520.GB16961@amd>
Date:	Tue, 23 Feb 2016 21:45:20 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	João Paulo Rechi Vita <jprvita@...il.com>
Cc:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux@...lessm.com,
	João Paulo Rechi Vita 
	<jprvita@...lessm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 04/10] rfkill: Move "state" sysfs file back to stable

On Mon 2016-02-22 11:36:35, João Paulo Rechi Vita wrote:
> There is still quite a bit of code using this interface, so we can't
> just remove it. Hopefully it will be possible in the future, but since
> its scheduled removal date is past 2 years already, we are better having
> the documentation reflecting the current state of things.

Umm. If you think it is still obsolete (and you do), you should keep
it in place.

> -rfkill - radio frequency (RF) connector kill switch support
> -
> -For details to this subsystem look at Documentation/rfkill.txt.
> -
> -What:		/sys/class/rfkill/rfkill[0-9]+/state
> -Date:		09-Jul-2007
> -KernelVersion	v2.6.22
> -Contact:	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
> -Description: 	Current state of the transmitter.
> -		This file is deprecated and scheduled to be removed in
> -2014,

Change it to "and may be removed,"
									Pavel
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