From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751662AbWIZFvi (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Sep 2006 01:51:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751554AbWIZFvM (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Sep 2006 01:51:12 -0400 Received: from mail.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:57313 "EHLO mx1.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751384AbWIZFjK (ORCPT ); Tue, 26 Sep 2006 01:39:10 -0400 From: Greg KH To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Pavel Machek , David Brownell , Greg Kroah-Hartman Subject: [PATCH 21/47] PM: schedule /sys/devices/.../power/state for removal Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 22:37:41 -0700 Message-Id: <11592491512235-git-send-email-greg@kroah.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.4.2.1 In-Reply-To: <11592491482560-git-send-email-greg@kroah.com> References: <20060926053728.GA8970@kroah.com> <1159249087369-git-send-email-greg@kroah.com> <11592490903867-git-send-email-greg@kroah.com> <11592490933346-git-send-email-greg@kroah.com> <1159249096460-git-send-email-greg@kroah.com> <11592490993970-git-send-email-greg@kroah.com> <11592491023995-git-send-email-greg@kroah.com> <1159249104512-git-send-email-greg@kroah.com> <11592491082990-git-send-email-greg@kroah.com> <1159249111668-git-send-email-greg@kroah.com> <11592491152668-git-send-email-greg@kroah.com> <115924911859-git-send-email-greg@kroah.com> <11592491211162-git-send-email-greg@kroah.com> <1159249124371-git-send-email-greg@kroah.com> <11592491274168-git-send-email-greg@kroah.com> <11592491303012-git-send-email-greg@kroah.com> <11592491342421-git-send-email-greg@kroah.com> <11592491371254-git-send-email-greg@kroah.com> <1159249140339-git-send-email-greg@kroah.com> <11592491451786-git-send-email-greg@kroah.com> <11592491482560-git-send-email-greg@kroah.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Pavel Machek This lists the /sys/devices/.../power/state file, and its internal support, as due for removal next year. Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek Signed-off-by: David Brownell Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index a89a1b7..611acc3 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -6,6 +6,21 @@ be removed from this file. --------------------------- +What: /sys/devices/.../power/state + dev->power.power_state + dpm_runtime_{suspend,resume)() +When: July 2007 +Why: Broken design for runtime control over driver power states, confusing + driver-internal runtime power management with: mechanisms to support + system-wide sleep state transitions; event codes that distinguish + different phases of swsusp "sleep" transitions; and userspace policy + inputs. This framework was never widely used, and most attempts to + use it were broken. Drivers should instead be exposing domain-specific + interfaces either to kernel or to userspace. +Who: Pavel Machek + +--------------------------- + What: RAW driver (CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER) When: December 2005 Why: declared obsolete since kernel 2.6.3 -- 1.4.2.1