On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 11:27:32PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > On Monday, January 21, 2013 12:53:05 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 02:04:32PM +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote: > > > From: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > Make it possible to retrieve the current power state of a device with > > > ACPI power management from user space via sysfs by adding a new > > > attribute power_state to the sysfs directory associated with the > > > struct acpi_device object representing the device's ACPI node. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx> > > > --- > > > Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-power_state | 21 ++++++++++++++ > > > drivers/acpi/scan.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++- > > > 2 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > > > Index: linux-pm/drivers/acpi/scan.c > > > =================================================================== > > > --- linux-pm.orig/drivers/acpi/scan.c > > > +++ linux-pm/drivers/acpi/scan.c > > > @@ -178,6 +178,23 @@ err_out: > > > } > > > EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_bus_hot_remove_device); > > > > > > +static ssize_t power_state_show(struct device *dev, > > > + struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf) > > > +{ > > > + struct acpi_device *adev = to_acpi_device(dev); > > > + int state; > > > + int ret; > > > + > > > + ret = acpi_device_get_power(adev, &state); > > > + if (ret) > > > + return ret; > > > + > > > + return sprintf(buf, "%s %s\n", acpi_power_state_string(state), > > > + acpi_power_state_string(adev->power.state)); > > > +} > > > > You are showing 2 different things here in a single sysfs file, which is > > really frowned apon. Any chance to split this up into two different > > sysfs files instead? > > Well, I can, but I'm not sure how to call the other one. "sw_power_state" > perhaps? I don't know, as I'm not quite sure what it is supposed to represent :) -- 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