Re: *NEW* ACPI driver to support App Hot Startup AKA PNP0C32

["Ângelo Miguel Arrifano" <miknix@gmail.com>]

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On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 03:21:21 +0000
Carlos Corbacho <carlos@strangeworlds.co.uk> wrote:

> Angelo,
> 
> On Saturday 10 November 2007 01:44:48 Angelo Miguel Arrifano wrote:
> > If the laptop is turned off and a hot button is pressed, the
> > computer turns on and boots. This module gets a notification from
> > ACPI which button was pressed. Then the driver writes to the proc
> > fs which button was pressed allowing userspace apps to read that
> > files and behave accordingly. Proc files are also writable.
> 
> Please use sysfs, not proc (even if you aren't considering submitting this 
> upstream) - /proc/acpi is deprecated and going away (slowly but surely).
> 
> -Carlos
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Thanks! The driver is now using sysfs.
What should I do to submit the driver properly to upstream?

Best regards,
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Angelo Arrifano AKA MiKNiX
CSE Student at UBI, Portugal
Gentoo Linux AMD64 Arch Tester
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