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From: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
To: pali@kernel.org
Cc: jdelvare@suse.com, linux@roeck-us.net, corbet@lwn.net,
	rdunlap@infradead.org, linux-hwmon@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 3/3] Documentation: ABI: Add ABI file for legacy /proc/i8k interface
Date: Sun,  9 Jan 2022 22:42:48 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220109214248.61759-4-W_Armin@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220109214248.61759-1-W_Armin@gmx.de>

Add ABI file for informing remaining users of the
deprecation of the legacy /proc/i8k interface.

Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
---
 Documentation/ABI/obsolete/procfs-i8k | 10 ++++++++++
 MAINTAINERS                           |  1 +
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/obsolete/procfs-i8k

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/procfs-i8k b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/procfs-i8k
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..32df4d5bdd15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/procfs-i8k
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+What:		/proc/i8k
+Date:		November 2001
+KernelVersion:	2.4.14
+Contact:	Pali Rohár <pali@kernel.org>
+Description:	Legacy interface for getting/setting sensor information like
+		fan speed, temperature, serial number, hotkey status etc
+		on Dell Laptops.
+		Since the driver is now using the standard hwmon sysfs interface,
+		the procfs interface is deprecated.
+Users:		https://github.com/vitorafsr/i8kutils
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index e7e40563498f..468ee16ee778 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -5365,6 +5365,7 @@ F:	drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-rbtn.*
 DELL LAPTOP SMM DRIVER
 M:	Pali Rohár <pali@kernel.org>
 S:	Maintained
+F:	Documentation/ABI/obsolete/procfs-i8k
 F:	drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
 F:	include/uapi/linux/i8k.h

--
2.30.2


      parent reply	other threads:[~2022-01-09 21:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-01-09 21:42 [PATCH v3 0/3] Documenation: Update documentation regarding dell_smm_hwmon Armin Wolf
2022-01-09 21:42 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] Documentation: admin-guide: Update i8k driver name Armin Wolf
2022-01-09 21:50   ` Randy Dunlap
2022-01-14 16:52   ` Guenter Roeck
2022-01-09 21:42 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] Documentation: admin-guide: Add Documentation for undocumented dell_smm_hwmon parameters Armin Wolf
2022-01-09 21:42 ` Armin Wolf [this message]

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