Re: Future directions for ibm-acpi, and a rfc

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On Tue, 06 Feb 2007, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> Upstream requested that ibm-acpi be moved out of drivers/acpi into
> drivers/misc in a future date.  I intend to do so after I finish the
> platform driver work.
> 
> Also, with the whole Lenovo deal, I am wondering if ibm-acpi should not be
> renamed to something else with either "tp" or "thinkpad" in the name.
> Suggestions?  I would prefer to rename the driver when the move to
> drivers/misc happens, so we should think of a new name as soon as possible.

If I follow the trend, the new name would be "thinkpad-laptop".  What do you
people think?

BTW: if we ever get into a situation where tp-smapi and thinkpad-ec code can
be merged, any functionality that should go into thinkpad-laptop/ibm-acpi
will, of course, be welcome.

-- 
  "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh

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