What: CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS_POWER
When: 2.6.39
Why: sysfs I/F for ACPI power devices, including AC and Battery,
- has been working in upstream kenrel since 2.6.24, Sep 2007.
+ has been working in upstream kernel since 2.6.24, Sep 2007.
In 2.6.37, we make the sysfs I/F always built in and this option
disabled by default.
Remove this option and the ACPI power procfs interface in 2.6.39.
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-What: Support for lcd_switch and display_get in asus-laptop driver
-When: March 2010
-Why: These two features use non-standard interfaces. There are the
- only features that really need multiple path to guess what's
- the right method name on a specific laptop.
-
- Removing them will allow to remove a lot of code an significantly
- clean the drivers.
-
- This will affect the backlight code which won't be able to know
- if the backlight is on or off. The platform display file will also be
- write only (like the one in eeepc-laptop).
-
- This should'nt affect a lot of user because they usually know
- when their display is on or off.
-
-Who: Corentin Chary <corentin.chary@gmail.com>
-
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-
What: sysfs-class-rfkill state file
When: Feb 2014
Files: net/rfkill/core.c
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-What: The acpi_sleep=s4_nonvs command line option
-When: 2.6.37
-Files: arch/x86/kernel/acpi/sleep.c
-Why: superseded by acpi_sleep=nonvs
-Who: Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@sisk.pl>
-
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-
What: PCI DMA unmap state API
When: August 2012
Why: PCI DMA unmap state API (include/linux/pci-dma.h) was replaced