Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 12:18:58 -0700
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de>
Cc: lenb@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org,
       platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org, astarikovskiy@suse.de,
       Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas@hp.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] ACPI: Provide /sys/devices/system/ec/
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On Thu, Jul 01, 2010 at 05:02:45PM +0200, Thomas Renninger wrote:
> +config ACPI_EC_SYSFS
> +	tristate "EC read/write access through sysfs"
> +	default y
> +	help
> +	  Say N to disable Embedded Controller /sys interface
> +
> +	  An Embedded Controller typically is available on laptops and reads
> +	  sensor values like battery state and temperature.
> +	  The kernel access the EC through ACPI parsed code provided by BIOS
> +	  tables.
> +	  Thus this option is a debug option that helps to write ACPI drivers
> +	  and which can be used to identify ACPI code or EC firmware bugs.

Wait, why is this a sysfs file at all?  It should be a debugfs one,
right?

thanks,

greg k-h
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