From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Henne Subject: Re: [PATCH][BUTTON] remove procfs-interface Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 11:40:54 +0200 Message-ID: <4695F726.7030203@nachtwindheim.de> References: <4695ED3F.7020303@nachtwindheim.de> <1184230838.2720.5.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from server78.greatnet.de ([83.133.96.102]:44640 "EHLO server78.greatnet.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754575AbXGLJkR (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:40:17 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1184230838.2720.5.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Arjan van de Ven Cc: len.brown@intel.com, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Arjan van de Ven wrote: > On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 10:58 +0200, Henne wrote: > >> Removes the proc_fs interface from the ACPI button driver. >> Signed-off-by: Henrik Kretzschmar >> >> --- >> > > you forgot to say why..... > > > First, because refering to /Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt it should be done: >What: /proc/acpi/button >When: August 2007 >Why: /proc/acpi/button has been replaced by events to the input layer > since 2.6.20. >Who: Len Brown Second, refering to /Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt >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 The button driver uses acpi_root_dir which won't be available if acpi is removed this month. That would lead to errors, I think.