[PATCH v4 10/10] gpio: TODO: remove the task for the sysfs rework

Bartosz Golaszewski posted 10 patches 5 months, 2 weeks ago
[PATCH v4 10/10] gpio: TODO: remove the task for the sysfs rework
Posted by Bartosz Golaszewski 5 months, 2 weeks ago
From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@linaro.org>

Remove the completed task tracking the rework of the sysfs interface and
add a new task to track the removal of the legacy bits and pieces.

Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@linaro.org>
---
 drivers/gpio/TODO | 14 +++++---------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpio/TODO b/drivers/gpio/TODO
index ef53892cb44d7c01d100f10f1b805c0aca561b46..7a09a4f58551b51c55938c278a47a04e86ef4106 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/TODO
+++ b/drivers/gpio/TODO
@@ -188,16 +188,12 @@ remove the old ones and finally rename the new ones back to the old names.
 
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-Extend the sysfs ABI to allow exporting lines by their HW offsets
+Remove legacy sysfs features
 
-The need to support the sysfs GPIO class is one of the main obstacles to
-removing the global GPIO numberspace from the kernel. In order to wean users
-off using global numbers from user-space, extend the existing interface with
-new per-gpiochip export/unexport attributes that allow to refer to GPIOs using
-their hardware offsets within the chip.
-
-Encourage users to switch to using them and eventually remove the existing
-global export/unexport attribues.
+We have two parallel per-chip class devices and per-exported-line attribute
+groups in sysfs. One is using the obsolete global GPIO numberspace and the
+second relies on hardware offsets of pins within the chip. Remove the former
+once user-space has switched to using the latter.
 
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