Re: [PATCH/rfc] schedule /sys/device/.../power for removal

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Fri May 12 2006 - 06:14:43 EST


Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> It is very ugly, and we really should use names instead.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxxx>
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
> index 421bcff..dfcfc47 100644
> --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
> @@ -6,6 +6,16 @@ be removed from this file.
>
> ---------------------------
>
> +What: /sys/device/.../power
> +When: July 2007
> +Files:
> +Why: Because it takes integers, and different userland applications
> + expect different numbers to mean different things.
> + (Pcmcia expect 2 for off, some other code expects 3 for off).
> +Who: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxxx>
> +
> +---------------------------

What will be impacted by this?
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