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From: Henrique de M. H. <hm...@hm...> - 2007-02-06 20:41:31
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Well, 2.6.20 is gold and most of the stuff that is really important has been
merged.
The current queue for 2.6.21 is in git, and it contains:
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh (1):
ACPI: ibm-acpi: cleanup init and exit paths
Theodore Ts'o (1):
ACPI: ibm-acpi: add Ultrabay support for the T60p ThinkPad
Theodore's patch is already in the sf.net ibm-acpi releases.
My current work is:
1. Port ibm-acpi to be a platform driver
2. Add sysfs interface to /sys/devices/platform/thinkpad
3. Deprecate and make /proc/acpi/ibm interface optional
My current slow-burner work is:
1. Add monitoring kernel thread
2. Monitor the fan using that thread, detect tachometer and
fan quirks automatically using the thread
Upstream requested that ibm-acpi be moved out of drivers/acpi into
drivers/misc in a future date. I intend to do so after I finish the
platform driver work.
Also, with the whole Lenovo deal, I am wondering if ibm-acpi should not be
renamed to something else with either "tp" or "thinkpad" in the name.
Suggestions? I would prefer to rename the driver when the move to
drivers/misc happens, so we should think of a new name as soon as possible.
I would appreciate comments about how the sysfs interface should look like.
Please remember that it *has* to be as close to what a hwmon device would
provide as possible.
I don't like the idea of using "ibm" for the sysfs directory at all, I'd
rather use "thinkpad" or something else. Ideas? I am going with
"thinkpad" for now.
The /proc interface is effectively frozen and won't be updated any further
except for bug fixes. It will remain at /proc/acpi/ibm until either
/proc/acpi is history, or a deprecation period of one year (after hitting
mainline) passes.
--
"One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh
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