From: Kent Gibson <warthog618@gmail.com>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, brgl@bgdev.pl,
linus.walleij@linaro.org, andy@kernel.org, corbet@lwn.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] Documentation: gpio: add character device userspace API documentation
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2024 20:55:18 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240114125518.GA84351@rigel> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHp75VeN25Q+7nTM0f3MWnU99Y0MZJjxBLfMxJJhAyWcBq8W7w@mail.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.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-01-14 12:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-01-09 13:59 [PATCH 0/7] Documentation: gpio: add character device userspace API documentation Kent Gibson
2024-01-09 13:59 ` [PATCH 1/7] Documentation: gpio: add chardev " Kent Gibson
2024-01-10 11:40 ` Phil Howard
2024-01-10 12:20 ` Andy Shevchenko
2024-01-10 13:01 ` Kent Gibson
2024-01-10 14:27 ` Linus Walleij
2024-01-10 14:34 ` Kent Gibson
2024-01-10 14:50 ` Linus Walleij
2024-01-10 14:53 ` Kent Gibson
2024-01-09 13:59 ` [PATCH 2/7] Documentation: gpio: move sysfs into a deprecated section Kent Gibson
2024-01-09 13:59 ` [PATCH 3/7] Documentation: gpio: update sysfs documentation to reference new chardev doc Kent Gibson
2024-01-09 13:59 ` [PATCH 4/7] Documentation: gpio: add chardev v1 userspace API documentation Kent Gibson
2024-01-09 13:59 ` [PATCH 5/7] Documentation: gpio: capitalize GPIO in index title Kent Gibson
2024-01-09 13:59 ` [PATCH 6/7] Documentation: gpio: document gpio-mockup as obsoleted by gpio-sim Kent Gibson
2024-01-09 13:59 ` [PATCH 7/7] Documentation: gpio: move gpio-mockup into deprecated section Kent Gibson
2024-01-09 20:00 ` [PATCH 0/7] Documentation: gpio: add character device userspace API documentation Andy Shevchenko
2024-01-09 23:45 ` Kent Gibson
2024-01-10 8:16 ` Vegard Nossum
2024-01-10 11:10 ` Andy Shevchenko
2024-01-12 1:03 ` Kent Gibson
2024-01-14 2:47 ` Kent Gibson
2024-01-14 12:01 ` Andy Shevchenko
2024-01-14 12:55 ` Kent Gibson [this message]
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