lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2007]   [Jul]   [11]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [2.6 patch] the scheduled ACPI_PROCFS removal
Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> On Jul 9 2007 17:45, Alan Cox wrote:
>>> This patch contains the scheduled removal of the ACPI procfs interface.
>> What part of "we do not gratuitously break user space interfaces" is so
>> hard for people to understand.
>
> Generally I am with you on that, but if everyone keeps on using /proc --
> and I do[*] -- we will never get rid of it.
>
Is there some reason why you should get rid of it? Is it causing a lot
work to maintain?
>
> [*] Does someone have an alternative for /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/{state,info}?
>


--
Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
"We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2007-07-11 19:55    [W:0.069 / U:0.864 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site