similarity index 66%
rename from Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_enabled
rename to Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_enabled
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+This ABI is deprecated and will be removed after 2021. It is replaced
+with /sys/kernel/fadump/fadump_enabled.
+
What: /sys/kernel/fadump_enabled
Date: Feb 2012
Contact: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
similarity index 71%
rename from Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered
rename to Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+This ABI is deprecated and will be removed after 2021. It is replaced
+with /sys/kernel/fadump/fadump_registered.
+
What: /sys/kernel/fadump/fadump_registered
Date: Feb 2012
Contact: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
similarity index 73%
rename from Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem
rename to Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+This ABI is deprecated and will be removed after 2021. It is replaced
+with /sys/kernel/fadump/fadump_release_mem.
+
What: /sys/kernel/fadump_release_mem
Date: Feb 2012
Contact: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
similarity index 70%
rename from Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_opalcore
rename to Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_opalcore
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+This ABI is deprecated and will be removed after 2021. It is replaced
+with /sys/kernel/fadump/fadump_release_opalcore.
+
What: /sys/kernel/fadump_release_opalcore
Date: Sep 2019
Contact: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
@@ -292,6 +292,15 @@ Here is the list of files under kernel sysfs:
echo 1 > /sys/kernel/fadump_release_opalcore
+Note: The following FADump sysfs files are deprecated.
+
+ Deprecated Alternative
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ /sys/kernel/fadump_enabled /sys/kernel/fadump/fadump_enabled
+ /sys/kernel/fadump_registered /sys/kernel/fadump/fadump_registered
+ /sys/kernel/fadump_release_mem /sys/kernel/fadump/fadump_release_mem
+ /sys/kernel/fadump_release_opalcore /sys/kernel/fadump/fadump_release_opalcore
+
Here is the list of files under powerpc debugfs:
(Assuming debugfs is mounted on /sys/kernel/debug directory.)
The /sys/kernel/fadump_* sysfs files are replicated under /sys/kernel/fadump/ directory. But we need to keep the old sysfs files to maintain the backward compatibility. The sysfs files are scheduled to remove by 2021. Signed-off-by: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain@linux.ibm.com> --- .../{testing => obsolete}/sysfs-kernel-fadump_enabled | 3 +++ .../{testing => obsolete}/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered | 3 +++ .../sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem | 3 +++ .../sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_opalcore | 3 +++ Documentation/powerpc/firmware-assisted-dump.rst | 9 +++++++++ 5 files changed, 21 insertions(+) rename Documentation/ABI/{testing => obsolete}/sysfs-kernel-fadump_enabled (66%) rename Documentation/ABI/{testing => obsolete}/sysfs-kernel-fadump_registered (71%) rename Documentation/ABI/{testing => obsolete}/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_mem (73%) rename Documentation/ABI/{testing => obsolete}/sysfs-kernel-fadump_release_opalcore (70%)