Hi all, On Tue, 9 Jan 2024 22:20:31 +1100 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, 08 Jan 2024 08:47:07 +0100 Florian Eckert <fe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > thanks for your hint > > > > On 2024-01-05 07:33, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > After merging the leds-lj tree, today's linux-next build (htmldocs) > > > produced this warning: > > > > > > Warning: /sys/class/leds/<led>/rx is defined 2 times: Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led-trigger-tty:7 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led-trigger-netdev:49 > > > Warning: /sys/class/leds/<led>/tx is defined 2 times: Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led-trigger-tty:15 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led-trigger-netdev:34 > > > > The behavior of the tty trigger can be controlled via the Rx and Tx file. > > If a value is set in Rx or Tx, the LED flashes when data is transmitted in > > this direction. The same behavior is used for the netdev trigger. > > I have therefore used the same pattern for the new tty trigger as well. > > > > I didn't know that the names have to be unique! > > > > I'm a bit at a loss as to what to do now. Should I put a prefix "tty_" > > in front of the names so that we have "tty_rx", "tty_tx"? > > > > If we do it this way, however, the general question arises as to whether > > we do have to use a prefix everywhere! If new triggers are added, then the > > names for a config file are already used up and anyone who then wants to use > > the same name for an other trigger with the same config file because it describe > > the same function must then work with a prefix! > > I think this is only a problem with the documentation system, not the > actual sysfs file naming. Maybe just adding a uniquifying bit to the > "<led>" part will solve it. Or maybe we need the tooling to be taught > about placeholders in sysfs names (or maybe there is already a way). I am still seeing these warnings. -- Cheers, Stephen Rothwell
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