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From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: "João Paulo Rechi Vita" <jprvita@gmail.com>
Cc: "Marcel Holtmann" <marcel@holtmann.org>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	"Network Development" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"João Paulo Rechi Vita" <jprvita@endlessm.com>,
	linux@endlessm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/8] rfkill: Remove obsolete "state" sysfs interface
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 21:44:51 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1453236291.25499.0.camel@sipsolutions.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+A7VXVOYY4vzYupsoG0A9kinBvRhrD3_MP2DByR5v+5gGYuyA@mail.gmail.com> (sfid-20160119_213710_142942_A54A4B35)

On Tue, 2016-01-19 at 15:36 -0500, João Paulo Rechi Vita wrote:
> 
> > I suspect that nevertheless, we can't just remove it - Googling
> > around shows quite a bit of (e.g. Android) code using it.
> > 
> 
> Should I update the expected removal date to 2018, or some other time
> in the future? Or if this is not going to be removed at all,
> shouldn't it be moved back to stable?
> 

Yeah, maybe we should just move it back. The problem with it is that it
doesn't fully reflect the state (both sw+hw blocked can't be reflected)
but if the current users are happy with it then that's not really a
problem.

johannes

  reply	other threads:[~2016-01-19 20:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-01-19 15:42 [PATCH 0/8] General RFKill improvements João Paulo Rechi Vita
2016-01-19 15:42 ` [PATCH 1/8] rfkill: Documentation and style fixes João Paulo Rechi Vita
     [not found]   ` <1453218163-31998-2-git-send-email-jprvita-6IF/jdPJHihWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2016-01-19 20:11     ` Johannes Berg
2016-01-19 20:19       ` João Paulo Rechi Vita
2016-01-19 15:42 ` [PATCH 2/8] rfkill: Improve code readability João Paulo Rechi Vita
2016-01-19 15:42 ` [PATCH 3/8] " João Paulo Rechi Vita
2016-01-19 15:42 ` [PATCH 4/8] rfkill: Remove obsolete "claim" sysfs interface João Paulo Rechi Vita
2016-01-19 15:42 ` [PATCH 5/8] rfkill: Remove obsolete "state" " João Paulo Rechi Vita
2016-01-19 20:15   ` Johannes Berg
2016-01-19 20:36     ` João Paulo Rechi Vita
2016-01-19 20:44       ` Johannes Berg [this message]
2016-01-19 15:42 ` [PATCH 6/8] rfkill: Move user_state_from_blocked() close to its user João Paulo Rechi Vita
2016-01-19 15:42 ` [PATCH 7/8] rfkill: Update userspace API documentation João Paulo Rechi Vita
     [not found] ` <1453218163-31998-1-git-send-email-jprvita-6IF/jdPJHihWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2016-01-19 15:42   ` [PATCH 8/8] rfkill: Factor common code João Paulo Rechi Vita
     [not found]     ` <1453218163-31998-9-git-send-email-jprvita-6IF/jdPJHihWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2016-01-19 17:39       ` kbuild test robot
2016-01-19 20:32         ` João Paulo Rechi Vita
2016-01-19 18:15     ` kbuild test robot
2016-01-26 13:08 ` [PATCH 0/8] General RFKill improvements Johannes Berg

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