From: Pavel Machek <[email protected]> This lists the /sys/devices/.../power/state file, and its internal support, as due for removal next year. Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: David Brownell <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]> --- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index a89a1b7..611acc3 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -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. +Who: Pavel Machek <[email protected]> + +--------------------------- + What: RAW driver (CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER) When: December 2005 Why: declared obsolete since kernel 2.6.3 -- 1.4.2.1 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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