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-rw-r--r--Documentation/ABI/obsolete/procfs-i8k10
-rw-r--r--MAINTAINERS1
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diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/procfs-i8k b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/procfs-i8k
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+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
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--- a/MAINTAINERS
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@@ -5410,6 +5410,7 @@ 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