Re: [PATCH 0/6] [-mm]: ACPI: duplicate ACPI procfs functions in sysfs

Pavel Machek
2007-01-25T13:15:03Z

Hi!

> > 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...
>
> Sometimes that file's syntax is useful -- wake up at 7:00,
> but those testing suspend-resume want to wake up 1 minute in the future
> now mater what time it is...

Write a shell script then. "Calculating times in future is
conventient, lets hack it into kernel". OOps?
Pavel
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