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| author | Pavel Machek | 2006-08-30 13:50:27 -0700 |
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| committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman | 2006-09-25 21:08:38 -0700 |
| commit | 1ebfd79eb46a89eacf3cbdf4a463d5d572d3557b (patch) | |
| tree | 9f23d3dae72320eebb10bea88dd8c8b9c644d55c /Documentation | |
| parent | 2bca293e56b6a8cd16bb6e70a09b2adac9c723b5 (diff) | |
PM: schedule /sys/devices/.../power/state for removal
This lists the /sys/devices/.../power/state file, and its internal support,
as due for removal next year.
Signed-off-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | 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 a89a1b7f7cf7..611acc32fdf5 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 <pavel@suse.cz> + +--------------------------- + What: RAW driver (CONFIG_RAW_DRIVER) When: December 2005 Why: declared obsolete since kernel 2.6.3 |