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[v2,3/3] Documentation: ABI: Add ABI file for legacy /proc/i8k interface

Message ID 20211228161924.26167-4-W_Armin@gmx.de (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
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Series Documenation: Update documentation regarding dell_smm_hwmon | expand

Commit Message

Armin Wolf Dec. 28, 2021, 4:19 p.m. UTC 
Add ABI file for informing remaining users of the
deprecation of the legacy /proc/i8k interface.

Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
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 Documentation/ABI/obsolete/procfs-i8k | 10 ++++++++++
 MAINTAINERS                           |  1 +
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/obsolete/procfs-i8k

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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 <pali@kernel.org>
+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 e7e40563498f..468ee16ee778 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -5365,6 +5365,7 @@  F:	drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-rbtn.*
 DELL LAPTOP SMM DRIVER
 M:	Pali Rohár <pali@kernel.org>
 S:	Maintained
+F:	Documentation/ABI/obsolete/procfs-i8k
 F:	drivers/hwmon/dell-smm-hwmon.c
 F:	include/uapi/linux/i8k.h