this change is now upstream and included in -rc4:
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commit d47846c5866b7d98a1173c86a39d810a06647329
Author: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Date: Tue Mar 4 14:54:47 2008 +0100
sysfs: CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED fix
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thanks Greg!
Ingo
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