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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-02-07 15:36:08 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-02-07 15:36:08 -0800 |
| commit | 21d37bbc65e39a26856de6b14be371ff24e0d03f (patch) | |
| tree | a04bb72e191cae13f47462c57bb1641c42b7b52b /Documentation | |
| parent | bff288c19e8b6217ddd660d4fa42c29a0ab1d58c (diff) | |
| parent | 57e1c5c87db512629dd44ddeb882a5aaf0e4299e (diff) | |
Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6
* 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lenb/linux-acpi-2.6: (140 commits)
ACPICA: reduce table header messages to fit within 80 columns
asus-laptop: merge with ACPICA table update
ACPI: bay: Convert ACPI Bay driver to be compatible with sysfs update.
ACPI: bay: new driver is EXPERIMENTAL
ACPI: bay: make drive_bays static
ACPI: bay: make bay a platform driver
ACPI: bay: remove prototype procfs code
ACPI: bay: delete unused variable
ACPI: bay: new driver adding removable drive bay support
ACPI: dock: check if parent is on dock
ACPICA: fix gcc build warnings
Altix: Add ACPI SSDT PCI device support (hotplug)
Altix: ACPI SSDT PCI device support
ACPICA: reduce conflicts with Altix patch series
ACPI_NUMA: fix HP IA64 simulator issue with extended memory domain
ACPI: fix HP RX2600 IA64 boot
ACPI: build fix for IBM x440 - CONFIG_X86_SUMMIT
ACPICA: Update version to 20070126
ACPICA: Fix for incorrect parameter passed to AcpiTbDeleteTable during table load.
ACPICA: Update copyright to 2007.
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/video-output.txt | 34 |
2 files changed, 43 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index 0ba6af02cda..b3d1ce7e3ba 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ Who: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com> --------------------------- +<<<<<<< test:Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt What: ACPI hotkey driver (CONFIG_ACPI_HOTKEY) When: 2.6.21 Why: hotkey.c was an attempt to consolidate multiple drivers that use @@ -306,11 +307,18 @@ Why: The ACPI namespace is effectively the symbol list for the BIOS can be extracted and disassembled with acpidump and iasl as documented in the pmtools package here: http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/lenb/acpi/utils - Who: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> --------------------------- +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 <rui.zhang@intel.com> + +--------------------------- + What: /proc/acpi/button When: August 2007 Why: /proc/acpi/button has been replaced by events to the input layer diff --git a/Documentation/video-output.txt b/Documentation/video-output.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..e517011be4f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/video-output.txt @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ + + Video Output Switcher Control + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + 2006 luming.yu@intel.com + +The output sysfs class driver provides an abstract video output layer that +can be used to hook platform specific methods to enable/disable video output +device through common sysfs interface. For example, on my IBM ThinkPad T42 +laptop, The ACPI video driver registered its output devices and read/write +method for 'state' with output sysfs class. The user interface under sysfs is: + +linux:/sys/class/video_output # tree . +. +|-- CRT0 +| |-- device -> ../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0 +| |-- state +| |-- subsystem -> ../../../class/video_output +| `-- uevent +|-- DVI0 +| |-- device -> ../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0 +| |-- state +| |-- subsystem -> ../../../class/video_output +| `-- uevent +|-- LCD0 +| |-- device -> ../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0 +| |-- state +| |-- subsystem -> ../../../class/video_output +| `-- uevent +`-- TV0 + |-- device -> ../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0 + |-- state + |-- subsystem -> ../../../class/video_output + `-- uevent + |