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DateTue, 14 Sep 2004 23:47:35 -0700
FromTim Hockin <>
SubjectRe: [patch] kernel sysfs events layer
On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 08:45:57AM +0200, Jan Dittmer wrote:
> Tim Hockin wrote:> >> >ACPI events might come out of a kobject "/sys/devices/acpi" with an event
> >"event" and payload "button/power 00000000 00000001" or whatever the
> >actual values work out to be.
> >
> >What's insane about that?  Currently we have a separate /proc/acpi/event
> >file which spits out "button/power 00000000 00000001".
> >> > What's wrong about fixing acpi to have something like 
> /sys/devices/acpi/buttons/power/, that spits out the event?
> Just curious...

You'd still need to spit out a payload with the status.  Interesting idea
for the evolution of acpi, though...
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