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From: Kent Gibson <warthog618@gmail.com>
To: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@bgdev.pl>
Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>,
	Phil Howard <phil@gadgetoid.com>,
	Erik Schilling <erik.schilling@linaro.org>,
	linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org,
	Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [libgpiod][PATCH v2] README: mention the Linux 5.10 requirement for libgpiod v2
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2024 18:08:34 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240116100834.GA3474@rigel> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240116094057.10533-1-brgl@bgdev.pl>

On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 10:40:57AM +0100, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@linaro.org>
>
> Major version 2 of libgpiod requires linux kernel uAPI v2 to be available.
> This was released in Linux 5.10 so mention it in the README.
>
> Suggested-by: Kent Gibson <warthog618@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@linaro.org>
> ---
> v1 -> v2:
> - reword as suggested by Kent
>
>  README | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/README b/README
> index 632aab3..6063f43 100644
> --- a/README
> +++ b/README
> @@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ libgpiod
>               character device (gpiod stands for GPIO device)
>
>  Since linux 4.8 the GPIO sysfs interface is deprecated. User space should use
> -the character device instead. This library encapsulates the ioctl calls and
> -data structures behind a straightforward API.
> +the character device instead. Version 2 of libgpiod requires GPIO character
> +device uAPI v2 which was first released in linux v5.10. This library
> +encapsulates the ioctl calls and data structures behind a straightforward API.
>

Minor nit - drop the "v" in v5.10 to be consistent with other use,
including the 4.8 in the same paragraph?

Cheers,
Kent.

  reply	other threads:[~2024-01-16 10:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-01-16  9:40 [libgpiod][PATCH v2] README: mention the Linux 5.10 requirement for libgpiod v2 Bartosz Golaszewski
2024-01-16 10:08 ` Kent Gibson [this message]
2024-01-16 10:09   ` Bartosz Golaszewski

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