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Bug#785802: marked as done (Outdated documentation for lspnp (PNP BIOS))

Your message dated Fri, 22 May 2015 23:38:17 +0100
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and subject line Re: Bug#785802: Outdated documentation for lspnp (PNP BIOS)
has caused the Debian Bug report #785802,
regarding Outdated documentation for lspnp (PNP BIOS)
to be marked as done.

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Package: src:linux
Version: 3.16.7-ckt9-2
Severity: minor

The linux kernel code contains old reference to `lspnp` (from
pcmcia-cs package). `lspnp` was only working for PnP BIOS and does not
work anymore since linux kernel expose generic PNP
(PNPACPI/ISAPNP...).

$ head drivers/pnp/pnpbios/proc.c
/*
 * /proc/bus/pnp interface for Plug and Play devices
 *
 * Written by David Hinds, dahinds@users.sourceforge.net
 * Modified by Thomas Hood
 *
 * The .../devices and .../<node> and .../boot/<node> files are
 * utilized by the lspnp and setpnp utilities, supplied with the
 * pcmcia-cs package.
 *     http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net

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On Wed, 2015-05-20 at 13:25 +0200, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
> Package: src:linux
> Version: 3.16.7-ckt9-2
> Severity: minor
> 
> The linux kernel code contains old reference to `lspnp` (from
> pcmcia-cs package). `lspnp` was only working for PnP BIOS and does not
> work anymore since linux kernel expose generic PNP
> (PNPACPI/ISAPNP...).
[...]

Thanks for pointing out that this is obsolete.  However, as this is a
code comment, not user visible documentation, I don't think it's
something that we should be tracking in the Debian BTS.

I suggest that you submit a patch to the upstream maintainers to update
the comment - or maybe remove this code completely.

As I can't see any users of /proc/bus/pnp in Debian, I'll now disable
CONFIG_PNPBIOS_PROC_FS.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
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