Hi!
> > > Add a new PM_SYSFS_DEPRECATED config option to control whether or
> > > not the /sys/devices/.../power/state files are provided. ...
> >
> > Looks good to me, ACK.
> >
> > (And sorry for long delay).
>
> Greg still hasn't merged it; so, no prob. :)
>
> I updated patch 2/2 so that it doesn't test for the problematic and
> incomplete prepare_suspend() method, and to remove prepare_suspend().
> (That removal was discussed separately.)
>
>
>
> > I guess this should go with it...? OTOH andrew wanted alternative,
> > first, before removing the feature... but it is unclear to me if we
> > want the feature at all on the production system, so...
>
> How about this one instead? The issue is not limited to that sysfs
> file and its use of PM_EVENT_* codes, that's just the most visible
> facet of the problem.
Looks good to me.
> Index: o26/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
> ===================================================================
> --- o26.orig/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt 2006-07-30 22:08:10.000000000 -0700
> +++ o26/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt 2006-08-16 11:34:54.000000000 -0700
> @@ -6,6 +6,21 @@ be removed from this file.
>
> ---------------------------
>
> +What: /sys/devices/.../power/state
> + dev->power.power_state
> + dpm_runtime_{suspend,resume)()
> +When: July 2007
> +Why: Broken design for runtime control over driver power states, confusing
> + driver-internal runtime power management with: mechanisms to support
> + system-wide sleep state transitions; event codes that distinguish
> + different phases of swsusp "sleep" transitions; and userspace policy
> + inputs. This framework was never widely used, and most attempts to
> + use it were broken. Drivers should instead be exposing domain-specific
> + interfaces either to kernel or to userspace, iff they are even needed.
> +Who: Pavel Machek <pavel at suse.cz>
> +
> +---------------------------
> +
> What: RAW driver (CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER)
> When: December 2005
> Why: declared obsolete since kernel 2.6.3
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