On Thursday 09 August 2007 13:45, Nico Golde wrote: > Hi, > * Len Brown <lenb@xxxxxxxxxx> [2007-08-09 19:25]: > > I have to second what Henrique wrote. > > Please avoid /proc/acpi/* whenever you can can. > > We are trying to get rid of it completely, > > but that is only partly done. > > I know about that and it's a typical kernel hacker argument, > but don't forget people want to have working software in the > meantime of your switch ;) > > > I really resist changes to /proc/acpi/* because > > I consider it legacy and would rather the effort > > be focused on the new sysfs interfaces. > > I will switch step by step. From what I can see not really > much things apart from the acpi version already switched to > sysfs. Maybe I missed it. I will answer in detail on > Henriques mail hopefully tomorrow. > Kind regards and thanks for your quick replies Things which have switched are now under CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS in 2.6.23. When more things switch in the future, they'll go there too. If you have a specific suggestion for a bug fix to /proc/acpi/*, please let me know, or better yet, send a patch. -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
