On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 15:53 +0000, Pavel Machek wrote: > Hi! > > > > > 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. > > I guess I should say 'sorry for a flame'. I've seen a discussion > (linux-pm or somewhere), but did not see the decision to drop the > offending patch. > Hi, Pavel, Both the patches that duplicate "alarm" and "wakeup" attributes in sysfs are dropped. "alarm" attribute can be replaced by the new RTC driver. And the "wakeup" attribute are in the wish list now. You can get more details from the original mail. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-acpi&m=116910315512529&w=2 Thanks, Rui - 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
