Re: [PATCH 0/7] Documentation: gpio: add character device userspace API documentation

[Kent Gibson <warthog618@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 02:01:29PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 4:47 AM Kent Gibson <warthog618@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 09, 2024 at 09:59:45PM +0800, Kent Gibson wrote:
> > > My new year's resolution was to improve the documentation of the
> > > character device API and gpio in general, so here we are.
>
> ...
>
> > While preparing the v2 version of this series, I'm now wondering
> > if this should be changed to "obsolete" rather than "deprecated", to
> > better fit with the interface lifecycle, to indicate there is an
> > alternative, and to emphasise that it is scheduled for removal.
> > i.e. from a userspace perspective "obsolete" is the clearer term.
> >
> > Is that a change worth making?
>
> From my p.o.v. yes, as it makes it consistent with what we already
> have in the sysfs/obsolete.
>

Ok then, I'll incorporate it into v2.

Cheers,
Kent.