From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Len Brown Subject: Re: inconsistency in /proc/acpi directory structure? Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 18:49:54 -0400 Message-ID: <200708091849.54850.lenb@kernel.org> References: <20070809123943.GD3939@ngolde.de> <200708091202.54943.lenb@kernel.org> <20070809174528.GA7282@ngolde.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from hera.kernel.org ([140.211.167.34]:35729 "EHLO hera.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757368AbXHIWuA (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Aug 2007 18:50:00 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20070809174528.GA7282@ngolde.de> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Nico Golde Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Thursday 09 August 2007 13:45, Nico Golde wrote: > Hi, > * Len Brown [2007-08-09 19:25]: > > I have to second what Henrique wrote. > > Please avoid /proc/acpi/* whenever you can can. > > We are trying to get rid of it completely, > > but that is only partly done. > > I know about that and it's a typical kernel hacker argument, > but don't forget people want to have working software in the > meantime of your switch ;) > > > I really resist changes to /proc/acpi/* because > > I consider it legacy and would rather the effort > > be focused on the new sysfs interfaces. > > I will switch step by step. From what I can see not really > much things apart from the acpi version already switched to > sysfs. Maybe I missed it. I will answer in detail on > Henriques mail hopefully tomorrow. > Kind regards and thanks for your quick replies Things which have switched are now under CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS in 2.6.23. When more things switch in the future, they'll go there too. If you have a specific suggestion for a bug fix to /proc/acpi/*, please let me know, or better yet, send a patch. -Len