From 34781a6bec382dd11254caff0d379c7be70576fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Armin Wolf Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2022 22:42:48 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: ABI: Add ABI file for legacy /proc/i8k interface Add ABI file for informing remaining users of the deprecation of the legacy /proc/i8k interface. Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220109214248.61759-4-W_Armin@gmx.de Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck --- 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 +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 1ba1e4af2cbc..293c925b6beb 100644 --- a/MAINTAINERS +++ b/MAINTAINERS @@ -5410,6 +5410,7 @@ F: drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-rbtn.* DELL LAPTOP SMM DRIVER M: Pali Rohár S: Maintained +F: Documentation/ABI/obsolete/procfs-i8k F: drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c F: include/uapi/linux/i8k.h