From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Brownell Subject: Re: [linux-pm] [PATCH 0/6] [-mm]: ACPI: duplicate ACPI procfs functions in sysfs Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 12:53:27 -0800 Message-ID: <200701101253.28151.david-b@pacbell.net> References: <1168083306.5619.34.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20070107055424.GA24853@srcf.ucam.org> <1168256428.5754.98.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from smtp109.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.198.208]:43187 "HELO smtp109.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S965095AbXAJUxe (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:53:34 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1168256428.5754.98.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Zhang Rui Cc: Matthew Garrett , linux-pm@lists.osdl.org, lenb@kernel.org, "linux-acpi@vger" , linux-pm@osdl.org On Monday 08 January 2007 3:40 am, Zhang Rui wrote: > > if /sys/class/rtc/rtcN/alarm can provide the same function, it's great > and I'll drop patch#03. I'll also mark /proc/acpi/alarm as deprecated if > David's patches are merged. :) One help there would be someone from the ACPI team signing off on patch #3 of the series I sent, which teaches ACPI how to export the extra registers to the rtc-cmos driver. There will be another ACPI patch at some point, actually kicking in hooks needed to handle system wakeup, but getting the PC into the RTC class framework is an important first step. Once there's a proper replacement for /proc/acpi/alarm it becomes a candidate for removal. Maybe sooner rather than later, unless some users for that old file turn up... - Dave