From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pavel Machek Subject: Re: [PATCH/rfc] schedule /sys/device/.../power for removal Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 12:19:16 +0200 Message-ID: <20060512101916.GC28232@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20060512100544.GA29010@elf.ucw.cz> <20060512031151.76a9d226.akpm@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060512031151.76a9d226.akpm@osdl.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-pm-bounces@lists.osdl.org Errors-To: linux-pm-bounces@lists.osdl.org To: Andrew Morton Cc: linux-pm@lists.osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org On P=E1 12-05-06 03:11:51, Andrew Morton wrote: > Pavel Machek wrote: > > > > It is very ugly, and we really should use names instead. > >=20 > > Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek > >=20 > > diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentati= on/feature-removal-schedule.txt > > index 421bcff..dfcfc47 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt > > +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt > > @@ -6,6 +6,16 @@ be removed from this file. > > =20 > > --------------------------- > > =20 > > +What: /sys/device/.../power > > +When: July 2007 > > +Files:=09 > > +Why: Because it takes integers, and different userland applications > > + expect different numbers to mean different things. > > + (Pcmcia expect 2 for off, some other code expects 3 for off). > > +Who: Pavel Machek > > + > > +--------------------------- >=20 > What will be impacted by this? Some obscure place PCMCIA utils, IIRC. There was one more user, but I do not remember who it was. Plus there may be few people doing echo manually. Pavel --=20 (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/b= log.html