[PATCH] cpufreq 2.4 interface removal schedule

[Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>]

ChangeSet 1.2037, 2005/03/09 09:32:00-08:00, linux@dominikbrodowski.de

[PATCH] cpufreq 2.4 interface removal schedule

Even though these 2.4. interfaces are already gone in Dave Jones' cpufreq
bitkeeper tree, here's a patch which properly announces it in
Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt:


Add meaningful content concerning the removal of deprecated interfaces to
the cpufreq core.

Signed-off-by: Dominik Brodowski <linux@brodo.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>


 Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt |   14 +++++++++++---
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)


diff -Nru a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
--- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt	2005-03-09 16:30:09 -08:00
+++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt	2005-03-09 16:30:09 -08:00
@@ -17,10 +17,18 @@
 
 ---------------------------
 
-What:	/proc/sys/cpu and the sysctl interface to cpufreq (2.4.x interfaces)
+What:	/proc/sys/cpu/*, sysctl and /proc/cpufreq interfaces to cpufreq (2.4.x interfaces)
 When:	January 2005
 Files:	drivers/cpufreq/: cpufreq_userspace.c, proc_intf.c
-	function calls throughout the kernel tree
-Why:	Deprecated, has been replaced/superseded by (what?)....
+Why:	/proc/sys/cpu/* has been deprecated since inclusion of cpufreq into
+	the main kernel tree. It bloats /proc/ unnecessarily and doesn't work
+	well with the "governor"-based design of cpufreq.
+	/proc/cpufreq/* has also been deprecated for a long time and was only
+	meant for usage during 2.5. until the new sysfs-based interface became
+	ready. It has an inconsistent interface which doesn't work well with
+	userspace setting the frequency. The output from /proc/cpufreq/* can
+	be emulated using "cpufreq-info --proc" (cpufrequtils).
+	Both interfaces are superseded by the cpufreq interface in
+	/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu%n/cpufreq/.
 Who:	Dominik Brodowski <linux@brodo.de>