Re: Replacing global GPIO numbers in sysfs with hardware offsets

[Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Bartosz,

On Tue, 11 Mar 2025 at 11:28, Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM Geert Uytterhoeven
> <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I think the whole point of the thread is that this so-called
> > > sysfs v2 is supposed to be recommendable because users
> > > want something like this.
> >
> > Let's keep it simple, and similar/identical to the existing API?
> >
> > Is there anything in Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-gpio
> > we can drop? edge?
>
> I would like to object here: I really *don't* want a fourth interface
> to support. I don't agree to a "sysfs v2" ABI. What I proposed is a
> backward-compatible *extension* of the existing interface and then
> gradual removal of unwanted features over time.

That is exactly what I meant: do not invent with a new sysfs API, but
remove from the existing one, and simplify its backend where possible.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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