Re: CONFIG_ACPI_PROC_EVENT disabled -> userspace not working (Was: Re: CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS_POWER to be removed in 2.6.39)

Américo Wang
2011-07-01T08:54:57Z

(Cc linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org...)

On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Marc Koschewski <marc@osknowledge.org> wrote:
> * Américo Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com> [2011-07-01 08:55:23 +0800]:
>
> I just disabled the 3 'deprecated' within ACPI and ACPI userspace is not working
> any longer. I'm using Gentoo so I doubt my userspace is too old. acpid doesn't
> somehow listen to events when CONFIG_ACPI_PROC_EVENT is not set:
>
> "Say Y here to retain the old behaviour.  Say N if your
> user-space is newer than kernel 2.6.23 (September 2007)."
>
>> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 5:37 AM, Marc Koschewski <marc@osknowledge.org> wrote:
>> > Hey guys,
>> >
>> > CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS_POWER is still there. Missed it or did you want it
>> > to reside?
>>
>> There was a patch to remove it,
>>
>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/654021/
>>
>> Don't know why it is not merged.
>>
>>
>
> --
> Marc Koschewski
>