Re: [PATCH] gpio: sysfs: Enforce character device

[Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 4:27 PM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



> +       select GPIO_CDEV # We need to encourage the new ABI

While I am all for new ABI, I don't think this is a good idea.
If they are brave enough to move to old ABI it should be a reason
(supporting old scripts all around the product while updating the
kernel, comes to my mind).
But at the same time they may want to keep a low memory footprint.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko