Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.21

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> > > the old /proc/acpi/ interfaces with cleaner interfaces in sysfs --
> > > non-ACPI-specific generic ones whenever possible.  This effort
> > > is not complete, but it has been in -mm for a long time and
> > > I believe that it is time to push it upstream to benefit
> > > from broader exposure and testing.
> > 
> > Does it still include completely broken alarm interface? Can't find it
> > in changelogs, so hopefully not.
> 
> No. See discussion on linux-acpi.
> David Brownell's RTC driver will provide the new RTC interface in sysfs.
> /proc/acpi/alarm will go away when the rest of /proc/acpi goes away.

I guess I should say 'sorry for a flame'. I've seen a discussion
(linux-pm or somewhere), but did not see the decision to drop the
offending patch.

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