On Friday 09 February 2007 18:09, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > Per your request, and the request of the distros, we've changed > > how ACPICA Core releases are integrated into Linux so that each > > upstream (CVS) check-in appears as a single git commit. > > While this process is not yet perfect, it should be vastly better > > than previous "code drops" in allowing git bisect to work, > > and allowing distros to cherry-pick individual fixes. > > > > The "bay" driver is new (and marked EXPERIMENTAL) -- adding initial > > hot-plug support for ACPI controlled drive bays such as the > > IBM ultrabay or the Dell Module Bay. > > Could you describe userland interface it uses? /proc? Will it be > usable for bays on notebooks not using acpi? No, Not until somebody finds one and writes code to support it. > > The "asus-laptop" driver is also new. Consistent with msi-laptop, > > it uses ACPI in platform-specific ways, but strives to avoid > > exposing ACPI-specific implementation details to the user. > > asus-laptop is mutually exclusive with asus_acpi, which it will > > replace over time. > > Not including another /proc/acpi/ibm -like nightmare, is it? No. See discussion on linux-acpi. I've prohibited new files under /proc/acpi/ for quite some time now. > > the old /proc/acpi/ interfaces with cleaner interfaces in sysfs -- > > non-ACPI-specific generic ones whenever possible. This effort > > is not complete, but it has been in -mm for a long time and > > I believe that it is time to push it upstream to benefit > > from broader exposure and testing. > > Does it still include completely broken alarm interface? Can't find it > in changelogs, so hopefully not. No. See discussion on linux-acpi. David Brownell's RTC driver will provide the new RTC interface in sysfs. /proc/acpi/alarm will go away when the rest of /proc/acpi goes away. thanks, -Len - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
