linux-kernel - Re: misc: bh1770glc: move sysfs interace to Documentation/ABI

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Message-ID: <20180102130636.GA20209@amd>
Date:   Tue, 2 Jan 2018 14:06:36 +0100
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Aishwarya Pant <aishpant@...il.com>, pali.rohar@...il.com,
        sre@...nel.org, kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
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        sakari.ailus@...ux.intel.com,
        Filip Matijević <filip.matijevic.pz@...il.com>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Samu Onkalo <samu.p.onkalo@...ia.com>, julia.lawall@...6.fr,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Subject: Re: misc: bh1770glc: move sysfs interace to Documentation/ABI

Hi!

> In Documentation/misc-devices/bh1770glc.txt, there is a description of the sysfs
> interface which could be moved to Documentation/ABI.
> 
> Would such a change be useful?

Not at the moment.

> The ABI documentation format looks like the following:
> 
> What:          (the full sysfs path of the attribute)
> Date:          (date of creation)
> KernelVersion: (kernel version it first showed up in)
> Contact:       (primary contact)
> Description:   (long description on usage)
> 
> I am doing this in an exercise to move sysfs ABI interfaces (which are
> documented) to their right place i.e. in Documentation/ABI along with the rest.

The interface should probably be changed to iio one, to be consistent
with other sensors such as Apds990x.

If you have the hardware, help would be welcome.

  	      	       	     	   	   		     	   	Pavel
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