Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 10:58 +0200, Henne wrote:
>
>> Removes the proc_fs interface from the ACPI button driver.
>> Signed-off-by: Henrik Kretzschmar <[email protected]>
>>
>> ---
>>
>
> you forgot to say why.....
>
>
>
First, because refering to /Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt it should be done:
>What: /proc/acpi/button
>When: August 2007
>Why: /proc/acpi/button has been replaced by events to the input layer
> since 2.6.20.
>Who: Len Brown <[email protected]>
Second, refering to /Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
>What: ACPI procfs interface
>When: July 2007
>Why: After ACPI sysfs conversion, ACPI attributes will be duplicated
> in sysfs and the ACPI procfs interface should be removed.
>Who: Zhang Rui <[email protected]>
The button driver uses acpi_root_dir which won't be available if acpi is removed this month.
That would lead to errors, I think.
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