Add a deprecation note in FADump sysfs ABI documentation files and move
them from ABI/testing to ABI/obsolete directory.
Signed-off-by: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../ABI/{testing => obsolete}/sysfs-kernel-fadump_enabled | 2 ++
.../{testing => obsolete}/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered | 2 ++
.../{testing => obsolete}/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem | 2 ++
Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.rst | 8 ++++++++
4 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
rename Documentation/ABI/{testing => obsolete}/sysfs-kernel-fadump_enabled (73%)
rename Documentation/ABI/{testing => obsolete}/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered (77%)
rename Documentation/ABI/{testing => obsolete}/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem (78%)
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_enabled b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_enabled
similarity index 73%
rename from Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_enabled
rename to Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_enabled
index f73632b1c006..e9c2de8b3688 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_enabled
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_enabled
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+This ABI is renamed and moved to a new location /sys/kernel/fadump/enabled.
+
What: /sys/kernel/fadump_enabled
Date: Feb 2012
Contact: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered
similarity index 77%
rename from Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered
rename to Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered
index dcf925e53f0f..0360be39c98e 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+This ABI is renamed and moved to a new location /sys/kernel/fadump/registered.¬
+
What: /sys/kernel/fadump_registered
Date: Feb 2012
Contact: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem
similarity index 78%
rename from Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem
rename to Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem
index 9c20d64ab48d..6ce0b129ab12 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+This ABI is renamed and moved to a new location /sys/kernel/fadump/release_mem.¬
+
What: /sys/kernel/fadump_release_mem
Date: Feb 2012
Contact: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.rst b/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.rst
index 345a3405206e..365c10209ef3 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.rst
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.rst
@@ -295,6 +295,14 @@ Note: /sys/kernel/fadump_release_opalcore sysfs has moved to
echo 1 > /sys/firmware/opal/mpipl/release_core
+Note: The following FADump sysfs files are deprecated.
+
+ Deprecated Alternative
+ --------------------------------------------------------------------
+ /sys/kernel/fadump_enabled /sys/kernel/fadump/enabled
+ /sys/kernel/fadump_registered /sys/kernel/fadump/registered
+ /sys/kernel/fadump_release_mem /sys/kernel/fadump/release_mem
+
Here is the list of files under powerpc debugfs:
(Assuming debugfs is mounted on /sys/kernel/debug directory.)
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2.17.2
