Re: Replacing global GPIO numbers in sysfs with hardware offsets

[Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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.
>

Sure, just clarifying for the record because the "sysfs v2" triggered
an alarm bell in my head.

Bartosz