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

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On Pá 12-05-06 03:11:51, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Pavel Machek <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > It is very ugly, and we really should use names instead.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <[email protected]>
> > 
> > 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 <[email protected]>
> > +
> > +---------------------------
> 
> What will be impacted by this?

Some obscure place PCMCIA utils, IIRC. There was one more user, but I
do not remember who it was. Plus there may be few people doing echo
manually.
								Pavel
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