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Message-ID: <A874F61F95741C4A9BA573A70FE3998F41EF52A7@DQHE02.ent.ti.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 23:14:41 +0000
From: "Kim, Milo" <Milo.Kim@...com>
To: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
CC: Bryan Wu <bryan.wu@...onical.com>,
"linux-leds@...r.kernel.org" <linux-leds@...r.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: Question about cleaning up the LP5521/5523 LED driver
> > Should I keep the sysfs layout of LP5521 and LP5523?
> > When we change the device attributes, do we have to consider the
> backward compatibility?
>
> The ABI is a contract so basically yes, you need real good reasons
> (like security concerns) to change the ABI.
>
> That said, the lm3533 is the only LED driver that has actually
> documented
> its ABI: Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-led-driver-lm3533
OK, thanks for your great help !
Best Regards,
Milo
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