Re: [libgpiod] Documentation question

[Seamus de Mora <seamusdemora@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Dec 31, 2023 at 4:50 AM Kent Gibson <warthog618@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> Oh, and you are still wanting to clarify why the GPIO uAPI/libgpiod only
> deals with the GPIO subsystem?
> Not sure you will find anything that states that explicitly as it is
> minimalist Unix philosophy - do one thing well.
> So the GPIO uAPI only deals with the GPIO subsystem, and libgpiod only
> deals with the GPIO uAPI.

No - it was something I read. I want to find it again so I can use it
as a reference for something I'm writing.
But not to worry, I'll make do without it... and it's obvious once you
begin using the library :)

> If you want an over-arching library that deals with all the possible
> functions of GPIO lines, like lgpio tries to, then you can always write
> something that sits above libgpiod and the other subsystem interfaces,
> though I'm not sure what advantage that would provide over treating with
> each of them independently.

No, no - nothing like that...