Re: [ACPI] Re: ACPI buttons in 2.6.12-rc4-mm2

2005-07-27 Thread Pavel Machek
Hi! > Len Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I deleted /proc/acpi/button on purpose, > > did you have a use for those files? > > There are various cases where it's useful to know whether a laptop is > shut or not, and /proc/acpi/button seems to be the only place where that > information is m

RE: [ACPI] Re: ACPI buttons in 2.6.12-rc4-mm2

2005-07-27 Thread Brown, Len
I agree that the value of _LID can be usefult to user-space and I'll be sure it is restored as a property of the lid device under sysfs -- available as a simple file read like it was under /proc. thanks, -Len - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of

Re: [ACPI] Re: ACPI buttons in 2.6.12-rc4-mm2

2005-07-26 Thread Pavel Troller
> I deleted /proc/acpi/button on purpose, > did you have a use for those files? > Hi Len! I already wrote 2 mails that I have use for the LID switch status file and that I don't know how to handle its absence. However, they seem to be dropped on the floor somewhere :-). BTW I have written a sm