There is still quite a bit of code using this interface, so we can't
just remove it. Hopefully it will be possible in the future, but since
its scheduled removal date is past 2 years already, we are better having
the documentation reflecting the current state of things.
Signed-off-by: João Paulo Rechi Vita <jprv...@endlessm.com>
---
Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-rfkill | 20 --------------------
Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-rfkill | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
delete mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-rfkill
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-rfkill
b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-rfkill
deleted file mode 100644
index e736d14..0000000
--- a/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-rfkill
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-rfkill - radio frequency (RF) connector kill switch support
-
-For details to this subsystem look at Documentation/rfkill.txt.
-
-What: /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill[0-9]+/state
-Date: 09-Jul-2007
-KernelVersion v2.6.22
-Contact: linux-wirel...@vger.kernel.org
-Description: Current state of the transmitter.
- This file is deprecated and scheduled to be removed in 2014,
- because its not possible to express the 'soft and hard block'
- state of the rfkill driver.
-Values: A numeric value.
- 0: RFKILL_STATE_SOFT_BLOCKED
- transmitter is turned off by software
- 1: RFKILL_STATE_UNBLOCKED
- transmitter is (potentially) active
- 2: RFKILL_STATE_HARD_BLOCKED
- transmitter is forced off by something outside of
- the driver's control.
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-rfkill
b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-rfkill
index e51571e..e1ba4a1 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-rfkill
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-rfkill
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ For details to this subsystem look at Documentation/rfkill.txt.
For the deprecated /sys/class/rfkill/*/claim knobs of this interface look in
Documentation/ABI/removed/sysfs-class-rfkill.
-For the deprecated /sys/class/rfkill/*/state knobs of this interface look in
-Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-class-rfkill.
-
What: /sys/class/rfkill
Date: 09-Jul-2007
KernelVersion: v2.6.22
@@ -44,6 +41,28 @@ Values: A numeric value.
1: true
+What: /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill[0-9]+/state
+Date: 09-Jul-2007
+KernelVersion v2.6.22
+Contact: linux-wirel...@vger.kernel.org
+Description: Current state of the transmitter.
+ This file was scheduled to be removed in 2014, but due to its
+ large number of users it will be sticking around for a bit
+ longer. Despite it being marked as stabe, the newer "hard" and
+ "soft" interfaces should be preffered, since it is not possible
+ to express the 'soft and hard block' state of the rfkill driver
+ through this interface. There will likely be another attempt to
+ remove it in the future.
+Values: A numeric value.
+ 0: RFKILL_STATE_SOFT_BLOCKED
+ transmitter is turned off by software
+ 1: RFKILL_STATE_UNBLOCKED
+ transmitter is (potentially) active
+ 2: RFKILL_STATE_HARD_BLOCKED
+ transmitter is forced off by something outside of
+ the driver's control.
+
+
What: /sys/class/rfkill/rfkill[0-9]+/hard
Date: 12-March-2010
KernelVersion v2.6.34
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