ACPI sysfs conversion is not finished yet and
some user space tools still depend on the ACPI proc I/F.
We plan to finish all the sysfs conversion by January 2008
and remove the ACPI proc I/F in July 2008.
Signed-off-by: Zhang Rui <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <[email protected]>
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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.
+When: July 2008
+Why: ACPI sysfs conversion should be finished by January 2008.
+ ACPI procfs interface will be removed in July 2008 so that
+ there is enough time for the user space to catch up.
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