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From: Tim Hockin <thockin@hockin.org>
To: Jan Dittmer <jdittmer@ppp0.net>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>, Robert Love <rml@ximian.com>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>,
	akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] kernel sysfs events layer
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 23:47:35 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040915064735.GA11272@hockin.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4147E525.4000405@ppp0.net>

On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 08:45:57AM +0200, Jan Dittmer wrote:
> Tim Hockin wrote:
> >
> >ACPI events might come out of a kobject "/sys/devices/acpi" with an event
> >"event" and payload "button/power 00000000 00000001" or whatever the
> >actual values work out to be.
> >
> >What's insane about that?  Currently we have a separate /proc/acpi/event
> >file which spits out "button/power 00000000 00000001".
> >
> 
> What's wrong about fixing acpi to have something like 
> /sys/devices/acpi/buttons/power/, that spits out the event?
> Just curious...

You'd still need to spit out a payload with the status.  Interesting idea
for the evolution of acpi, though...

  reply	other threads:[~2004-09-15  6:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 105+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-08-31 21:42 [patch] kernel sysfs events layer Robert Love
2004-08-31 21:56 ` Andrew Morton
2004-08-31 21:58   ` Robert Love
     [not found]     ` <20040831150645.4aa8fd27.akpm@osdl.org>
2004-08-31 22:05       ` Robert Love
2004-09-02  8:34         ` Greg KH
2004-09-02 12:02           ` Daniel Stekloff
2004-09-02 13:26             ` Kay Sievers
2004-09-02 16:27               ` Robert Love
2004-09-02 20:29                 ` Kay Sievers
2004-09-02 12:49           ` Kay Sievers
2004-09-02 16:25           ` Robert Love
2004-09-02 18:35             ` Daniel Stekloff
2004-09-02 18:41               ` Robert Love
2004-09-04  0:54             ` Greg KH
2004-09-05  2:18               ` Kay Sievers
2004-09-05  3:01                 ` Robert Love
2004-09-05  2:58               ` Robert Love
2004-09-05  7:35                 ` Arjan van de Ven
2004-09-05 12:18                 ` Kay Sievers
2004-09-06  2:06                   ` Kay Sievers
2004-09-10 23:54                     ` Greg KH
2004-09-11  0:18                       ` Tim Hockin
2004-09-11  0:48                         ` Greg KH
2004-09-11  1:23                           ` Daniel Stekloff
2004-09-11  4:45                             ` Robert Love
2004-09-11  1:45                           ` Tim Hockin
2004-09-11 16:56                             ` Greg KH
2004-09-11 11:35                           ` Dave Jones
2004-09-11 18:15                             ` Greg KH
2004-09-11  4:09                       ` Robert Love
2004-09-11 16:53                         ` Greg KH
2004-09-13 14:45                           ` Kay Sievers
2004-09-15  0:07                             ` Greg KH
2004-09-15  1:09                               ` Kay Sievers
2004-09-15  1:11                                 ` Tim Hockin
2004-09-15  2:10                                   ` Robert Love
2004-09-15  3:17                                     ` Tim Hockin
2004-09-15  3:42                                       ` Greg KH
2004-09-15  4:48                                         ` Tim Hockin
2004-09-15  5:09                                           ` Greg KH
2004-09-15  6:21                                             ` Tim Hockin
2004-09-15  6:45                                               ` Jan Dittmer
2004-09-15  6:47                                                 ` Tim Hockin [this message]
2004-09-15  6:50                                                   ` Jan Dittmer
     [not found]                                                     ` <20040915065515.GA11587@hockin.org>
2004-09-15  7:39                                                       ` Jan Dittmer
2004-09-15  7:56                                                         ` Paul Jackson
2004-09-15  8:32                                                           ` Jan Dittmer
2004-09-15 14:24                                                             ` Paul Jackson
2004-09-15  8:19                                                 ` Karol Kozimor
2004-09-15 15:48                                                   ` Tim Hockin
2004-09-15 16:11                                                     ` Jan Dittmer
2004-09-15 13:14                                               ` Kay Sievers
2004-09-15 21:27                                               ` Greg KH
2004-09-15  9:07                                           ` Andrew Grover
2004-09-15 18:58                                             ` Robert Love
2004-09-15  3:48                                 ` Greg KH
2004-09-15  1:19                               ` Robert Love
2004-09-15  3:44                                 ` Greg KH
2004-09-15 19:40                                   ` Greg KH
2004-09-15 20:10                                     ` Robert Love
2004-09-15 20:22                                       ` Tim Hockin
2004-09-15 20:26                                         ` Robert Love
2004-09-15 20:31                                           ` Tim Hockin
2004-09-15 20:33                                             ` Robert Love
2004-09-15 20:47                                               ` Tim Hockin
2004-09-15 20:49                                                 ` Robert Love
2004-09-15 20:56                                                   ` Tim Hockin
2004-09-15 21:01                                                     ` Robert Love
2004-09-15 21:03                                                     ` Kay Sievers
2004-09-15 21:23                                                     ` Greg KH
2004-09-15 21:26                                                       ` Robert Love
2004-09-15 21:34                                                         ` Tim Hockin
2004-09-15 21:38                                                           ` Robert Love
2004-09-16  1:21                                                             ` Herbert Poetzl
2004-09-16  4:08                                                               ` Greg KH
2004-09-16 14:10                                                                 ` Herbert Poetzl
2004-09-16 15:08                                                                   ` Greg KH
2004-09-16 18:33                                                                     ` Herbert Poetzl
2004-09-15 21:35                                                         ` Greg KH
2004-09-15 21:46                                                           ` Tim Hockin
2004-09-15 21:47                                                             ` Robert Love
2004-09-15 21:38                                                         ` Kay Sievers
2004-09-15 21:39                                                           ` Robert Love
2004-09-15 21:49                                                             ` Tim Hockin
2004-09-15 21:54                                                               ` Greg KH
2004-09-15 20:34                                             ` Kay Sievers
2004-09-15 21:21                                       ` Greg KH
2004-09-15 21:26                                         ` Robert Love
2004-09-15 21:34                                           ` Kay Sievers
2004-09-15 21:35                                           ` Greg KH
2005-07-06 22:02                     ` Mike Snitzer
2005-07-06 22:18                       ` Greg KH
2004-09-05  3:59               ` Robert Love
2004-08-31 21:58 ` Chris Wedgwood
2004-08-31 22:02   ` Robert Love
2004-08-31 22:00 ` Andrew Morton
2004-08-31 22:00   ` Robert Love
2004-08-31 22:10     ` Andrew Morton
2004-08-31 22:08       ` Robert Love
2004-09-01  2:05 ` Daniel Stekloff
2004-09-01 10:07   ` Kay Sievers
2004-09-02 20:45     ` Daniel Stekloff
2004-09-02 22:15       ` Kay Sievers
2004-09-03 23:59         ` Daniel Stekloff
2004-09-04  8:14           ` Greg KH

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