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ACPI: Remove the old /proc/acpi/event interface

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It is quite some time that this one has been deprecated.
Get rid of it.

Should some really important user be overseen, it may be reverted and
the userspace program worked on first, but it is time to do something
to get rid of this old stuff...

Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger <trenn@suse.de>
Acked-by: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com>
Acked-by: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>
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Thomas Renninger 2013-07-15 10:15:09 +02:00 • committed by Rafael J. Wysocki
parent ad81f0545e
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Documentation/laptops/asus-laptop.txt
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@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ http://acpi4asus.sf.net/
This driver provides support for extra features of ACPI-compatible ASUS laptops.
It may also support some MEDION, JVC or VICTOR laptops (such as MEDION 9675 or
VICTOR XP7210 for example). It makes all the extra buttons generate standard
ACPI events that go through /proc/acpi/events and input events (like keyboards).
VICTOR XP7210 for example). It makes all the extra buttons generate input
events (like keyboards).
On some models adds support for changing the display brightness and output,
switching the LCD backlight on and off, and most importantly, allows you to
blink those fancy LEDs intended for reporting mail and wireless status.
@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ Usage
DSDT) to me.
That's all, now, all the events generated by the hotkeys of your laptop
should be reported in your /proc/acpi/event entry. You can check with
"acpi_listen".
should be reported via netlink events. You can check with
"acpi_genl monitor" (part of the acpica project).
Hotkeys are also reported as input keys (like keyboards) you can check
which key are supported using "xev" under X11.

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Documentation/laptops/sony-laptop.txt
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@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ Fn keys (hotkeys):
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Some models report hotkeys through the SNC or SPIC devices, such events are
reported both through the ACPI subsystem as acpi events and through the INPUT
subsystem. See the logs of acpid or /proc/acpi/event and
/proc/bus/input/devices to find out what those events are and which input
devices are created by the driver. Additionally, loading the driver with the
debug option will report all events in the kernel log.
subsystem. See the logs of /proc/bus/input/devices to find out what those
events are and which input devices are created by the driver.
Additionally, loading the driver with the debug option will report all events
in the kernel log.
The "scancodes" passed to the input system (that can be remapped with udev)
are indexes to the table "sony_laptop_input_keycode_map" in the sony-laptop.c