From: Pavel Machek <pavel-AlSwsSmVLrQ@public.gmane.org>
To: Matthew Garrett
<mgarrett-QGMSyCZBOSwv4zxTlrOuLwNdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Len Brown <len.brown-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org,
linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: Re: ACPI buttons in 2.6.12-rc4-mm2
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 23:18:49 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050727211849.GC708@openzaurus.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1DxVWb-0002Sx-00-QGMSyCZBOSwv4zxTlrOuLwNdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org>
Hi!
> Len Brown <len.brown-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > I deleted /proc/acpi/button on purpose,
> > did you have a use for those files?
>
> There are various cases where it's useful to know whether a laptop is
> shut or not, and /proc/acpi/button seems to be the only place where that
> information is made available at the moment.
>
Unless it was in obsolete-feature-removal file for a year.... changing userspace
interface is bad idea in the middle of stable series.
Pavel
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[not found] ` <b6d0f5fb0505220425146d481a-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2005-07-26 19:44 ` ACPI buttons in 2.6.12-rc4-mm2 Len Brown
[not found] ` <1122407079.13241.4.camel-g3qfMnKXm6m1ouK1UO9oVVDQ4js95KgL@public.gmane.org>
2005-07-26 19:55 ` Matthew Garrett
[not found] ` <E1DxVWb-0002Sx-00-QGMSyCZBOSwv4zxTlrOuLwNdhmdF6hFW@public.gmane.org>
2005-07-27 9:40 ` Ow Mun Heng
2005-07-27 21:18 ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2005-07-26 20:03 ` Pavel Troller
2005-07-27 23:09 ` Andrew Morton
2005-07-27 20:49 Brown, Len
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