Linus, On Sat, Aug 31, 2024 at 12:47 AM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 29, 2024 at 10:52 AM Richard Weinberger > <richard.weinberger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > This could potentially break some legacy user-space programs using > > > sysfs but whatever, let's apply it and see if anyone complains. > > > > FWIW, this broke users pace on my side. > > Not a super big deal, I'll just revert this patch for now. > > Maybe the application in question can get rewritten to find the gpio by label. > > Ugh we might need to back this out if the userspace is critical > and you need it. > > Ideally userspace should use libgpiod for GPIO access, but I understand > if it's a higher bar. In the meanwhile I've explained to everyone involved on the project that gpiod is the way to go and the application will get changed. So, no worries. :-) But I'm not sure about other applications in the wild, writing a number to /sys/class/gpio/export is just too easy and people assume the numbers are stable. -- Thanks, //richard
