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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux-pm mailing list <linux-pm@lists.osdl.org>
Cc: Patrick Mochel <mochel@digitalimplant.org>
Subject: [PATCH/rfc] schedule /sys/device/.../power for removal
Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 12:05:44 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060512100544.GA29010@elf.ucw.cz> (raw)

It is very ugly, and we really should use names instead.

Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>

diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/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.
 
 ---------------------------
 
+What:	/sys/device/.../power
+When:	July 2007
+Files:	
+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 <pavel@suse.cz>
+
+---------------------------
+
 What:	devfs
 When:	July 2005
 Files:	fs/devfs/*, include/linux/devfs_fs*.h and assorted devfs

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             reply	other threads:[~2006-05-12 10:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-05-12 10:05 Pavel Machek [this message]
2006-05-12 10:11 ` [PATCH/rfc] schedule /sys/device/.../power for removal Andrew Morton
2006-05-12 10:19   ` Pavel Machek
2006-05-12 10:27     ` Andrew Morton
2006-05-13 20:43       ` Pavel Machek
2006-05-12 13:52   ` [linux-pm] " David Brownell
2006-05-14  0:13     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-05-14 15:51       ` David Brownell
2006-05-14 16:22         ` Pavel Machek
2006-05-14 17:45           ` David Brownell
2006-05-14  0:21     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2006-05-14 17:48       ` David Brownell
2006-05-14 23:56         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt

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