Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965032AbXA2X5a (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:57:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965015AbXA2X5a (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:57:30 -0500 Received: from tim.rpsys.net ([194.106.48.114]:44546 "EHLO tim.rpsys.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965032AbXA2X53 (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:57:29 -0500 Subject: Re: Advice on APM-EMU reunion From: Richard Purdie To: Rodolfo Giometti Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mips@linux-mips.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk In-Reply-To: <20070129230755.GA8705@enneenne.com> References: <20070129230755.GA8705@enneenne.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 23:53:46 +0000 Message-Id: <1170114826.5833.139.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 693 Lines: 18 On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 00:07 +0100, Rodolfo Giometti wrote: > Now I try on this list in order to have some advice if this could be a > good idea and what about if I add a new class "apm_emu" on the sysfs > support with proper registrations functions. I'm not sure this is a good idea. As you're creating a new interface, why not create something new/improved without the problems that confining yourself to APM emulation brings? Regards, Richard - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/