From: Kent Gibson <warthog618@gmail.com>
To: linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org, brgl@bgdev.pl
Subject: Re: [libgpiod][PATCH] gpioset: reword note on post-exit behaviour
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2023 23:29:28 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231228152928.GA124845@rigel> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231228130837.102524-1-warthog618@gmail.com>
On Thu, Dec 28, 2023 at 09:08:37PM +0800, Kent Gibson wrote:
> The note regarding the state of a line after gpioset exits is
> confusing and unhelpful to the average reader, if not outright
> incorrect.
> A common mis-interpretation is that this behaviour is arbitrarily
> chosen by spiteful implementors. The note also specifies that the line
> reverts to default, but that is not always the case, or is at least
> out of the control of gpioset or libgpiod.
>
> Reword the note to constrain the scope to that relevant to the
> likely reader, and to emphasize that the behaviour is inherent
> in the kernel GPIO interface, not in the gpioset implementation.
>
Could've sworn I added the [libgpiod] subject prefix, but clearly not.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-12-28 15:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-12-28 13:08 [PATCH] gpioset: reword note on post-exit behaviour Kent Gibson
2023-12-28 15:29 ` Kent Gibson [this message]
2024-01-02 14:06 ` [libgpiod][PATCH] " Bartosz Golaszewski
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