From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pavel Machek Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21 Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:53:57 +0000 Message-ID: <20070222155357.GA4692@ucw.cz> References: <200702071418.51058.lenb@kernel.org> <20070209230928.GD3949@ucw.cz> <200702092327.04237.lenb@kernel.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:3871 "EHLO spitz.ucw.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751807AbXBVT5c (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:57:32 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200702092327.04237.lenb@kernel.org> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Len Brown Cc: tony.luck@intel.com, Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, "Accardi, Kristen" Hi! > > > the old /proc/acpi/ interfaces with cleaner interfaces in sysfs -- > > > non-ACPI-specific generic ones whenever possible. This effort > > > is not complete, but it has been in -mm for a long time and > > > I believe that it is time to push it upstream to benefit > > > from broader exposure and testing. > > > > Does it still include completely broken alarm interface? Can't find it > > in changelogs, so hopefully not. > > No. See discussion on linux-acpi. > David Brownell's RTC driver will provide the new RTC interface in sysfs. > /proc/acpi/alarm will go away when the rest of /proc/acpi goes away. I guess I should say 'sorry for a flame'. I've seen a discussion (linux-pm or somewhere), but did not see the decision to drop the offending patch. -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html