Re: [PATCH 1/3] [-mm]: ACPI: add a Kconfig option for ACPI procfs interface

[Len Brown <lenb@kernel.org>]

applied 1-3 to acpi-test

thanks,
-Len

On Sunday 28 January 2007 22:02, Zhang Rui wrote:
> From: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
> 
> Add a kconfig option CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS to make procfs interface
> a configurable attribute of ACPI.
> 
> No procfs interface is actually deprecated,
> and no sysfs interface is added in this patch.
> 
> CONGI_ACPI_PROCFS is used to mark procfs interface as deprecated
> once the same function is duplicated in sysfs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt |    9 +++++++++
>  drivers/acpi/Kconfig                       |   10 ++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
> 
> Index: linux-2.6.20-rc4-mm1/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.20-rc4-mm1.orig/drivers/acpi/Kconfig	2007-01-29 09:24:14.000000000 +0800
> +++ linux-2.6.20-rc4-mm1/drivers/acpi/Kconfig	2007-01-29 09:24:17.000000000 +0800
> @@ -77,6 +77,16 @@ config ACPI_SLEEP_PROC_SLEEP
>  	  Create /proc/acpi/sleep
>  	  Deprecated by /sys/power/state
>  
> +config ACPI_PROCFS
> +	bool "Procfs interface (deprecated)"
> +	depends on ACPI
> +	default y
> +	---help---
> +	  Procfs interface for ACPI is made optional for back-compatible.
> +	  As the same functions are duplicated in sysfs interface
> +	  and this proc interface will be removed some time later,
> +	  it's marked as deprecated.
> +
>  config ACPI_AC
>  	tristate "AC Adapter"
>  	depends on X86
> Index: linux-2.6.20-rc4-mm1/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.20-rc4-mm1.orig/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt	2007-01-29 09:24:14.000000000 +0800
> +++ linux-2.6.20-rc4-mm1/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt	2007-01-29 09:27:02.000000000 +0800
> @@ -264,3 +264,12 @@ Why:   OSS drivers with ALSA replacement
>  Who:   Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
>  
>  ---------------------------
> +
> +What:	ACPI procfs interface
> +When:	July 2007
> +Why:	After ACPI sysfs conversion, ACPI attributes will be duplicated
> +	in sysfs and the ACPI procfs interface should be removed.
> +Who:	Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@intel.com>
> +
> +---------------------------
> +
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