From: Jan Dittmer <jdittmer@ppp0.net>
To: Tim Hockin <thockin@hockin.org>
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: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:50:49 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4147E649.1060306@ppp0.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040915064735.GA11272@hockin.org>
Tim Hockin wrote:
> 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...
Well, what's the status supposed to mean? Is this something like
buttondown, buttonup, ...? Couldn't this be the 'event'. I mean that it
is an event is kind of selfexplaining if it comes through the event layer.
Jan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-09-15 6:53 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
2004-09-15 6:50 ` Jan Dittmer [this message]
[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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