From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263886AbUDFQS2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Apr 2004 12:18:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263895AbUDFQS2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Apr 2004 12:18:28 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:25319 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263886AbUDFQSY (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Apr 2004 12:18:24 -0400 Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 17:18:23 +0100 From: Matthew Wilcox To: Alex Williamson Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, acpi-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [ACPI] [RFC] filling in ACPI files in sysfs Message-ID: <20040406161823.GF23258@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk> References: <1081266989.2375.35.camel@patsy.fc.hp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1081266989.2375.35.camel@patsy.fc.hp.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 09:56:30AM -0600, Alex Williamson wrote: > Seems like it's about time the ACPI sysfs namespace started doing > more than looking pretty. Here's a stab at adding in some basic > functionality. I'd like to get some feedback before I start filling in > the more complicated features. This has been lightly tested on a > sampling of HP ia64 boxes. Does this seem like a reasonable start? > Comments and reports from other platforms welcome. Thanks, This is something I've wanted for a long time! Thanks for doing the work, Alex. I'll give it a try on my x86 crash-n-bash box. -- "Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception." -- Mark Twain