Add ABI file for informing remaining users of the deprecation of the legacy /proc/i8k interface. Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@xxxxxx> --- Documentation/ABI/obsolete/procfs-i8k | 10 ++++++++++ MAINTAINERS | 1 + 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/obsolete/procfs-i8k diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/procfs-i8k b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/procfs-i8k new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..32df4d5bdd15 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/procfs-i8k @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +What: /proc/i8k +Date: November 2001 +KernelVersion: 2.4.14 +Contact: Pali Rohár <pali@xxxxxxxxxx> +Description: Legacy interface for getting/setting sensor information like + fan speed, temperature, serial number, hotkey status etc + on Dell Laptops. + Since the driver is now using the standard hwmon sysfs interface, + the procfs interface is deprecated. +Users: https://github.com/vitorafsr/i8kutils diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS index e7e40563498f..468ee16ee778 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -5365,6 +5365,7 @@ F: drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-rbtn.* DELL LAPTOP SMM DRIVER M: Pali Rohár <pali@xxxxxxxxxx> S: Maintained +F: Documentation/ABI/obsolete/procfs-i8k F: drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c F: include/uapi/linux/i8k.h -- 2.30.2
