linux-kernel - [PATCH v7 10/10] iio: counter: Add deprecation markings for IIO Counter attributes

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Message-Id: <df9656ab1b8a35cf7a7038ed5cdcb12c34a3048f.1529607879.git.vilhelm.gray@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 21 Jun 2018 17:09:08 -0400
From:   William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@...il.com>
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     jic23@...nel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, fabrice.gasnier@...com,
        benjamin.gaignard@...com, robh+dt@...nel.org, knaack.h@....de,
        lars@...afoo.de, pmeerw@...erw.net, mark.rutland@....com,
        William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH v7 10/10] iio: counter: Add deprecation markings for IIO Counter attributes

The IIO counter subdirectory is now superceded by the Counter subsystem.
This patch adds deprecation warnings to the documentation of the
relevant IIO Counter sysfs attributes.

Acked-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>
Signed-off-by: William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@...il.com>
---
 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio          |  8 ++++++++
 .../ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio-counter-104-quad-8 | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
index c7353030670a..fc50adf08e47 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
@@ -1649,6 +1649,8 @@ What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_countY_raw
 KernelVersion:	4.10
 Contact:	linux-iio@...r.kernel.org
 Description:
+		This interface is deprecated; please use the Counter subsystem.
+
 		Raw counter device counts from channel Y. For quadrature
 		counters, multiplication by an available [Y]_scale results in
 		the counts of a single quadrature signal phase from channel Y.
@@ -1657,6 +1659,8 @@ What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_indexY_raw
 KernelVersion:	4.10
 Contact:	linux-iio@...r.kernel.org
 Description:
+		This interface is deprecated; please use the Counter subsystem.
+
 		Raw counter device index value from channel Y. This attribute
 		provides an absolute positional reference (e.g. a pulse once per
 		revolution) which may be used to home positional systems as
@@ -1666,6 +1670,8 @@ What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_count_count_direction_available
 KernelVersion:	4.12
 Contact:	linux-iio@...r.kernel.org
 Description:
+		This interface is deprecated; please use the Counter subsystem.
+
 		A list of possible counting directions which are:
 		- "up"	: counter device is increasing.
 		- "down": counter device is decreasing.
@@ -1674,4 +1680,6 @@ What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_countY_count_direction
 KernelVersion:	4.12
 Contact:	linux-iio@...r.kernel.org
 Description:
+		This interface is deprecated; please use the Counter subsystem.
+
 		Raw counter device counters direction for channel Y.
diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio-counter-104-quad-8 b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio-counter-104-quad-8
index 7fac2c268d9a..bac3d0d48b7b 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio-counter-104-quad-8
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio-counter-104-quad-8
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_index_synchronous_mode_available
 KernelVersion:	4.10
 Contact:	linux-iio@...r.kernel.org
 Description:
+		This interface is deprecated; please use the Counter subsystem.
+
 		Discrete set of available values for the respective counter
 		configuration are listed in this file.
 
@@ -13,6 +15,8 @@ What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_countY_count_mode
 KernelVersion:	4.10
 Contact:	linux-iio@...r.kernel.org
 Description:
+		This interface is deprecated; please use the Counter subsystem.
+
 		Count mode for channel Y. Four count modes are available:
 		normal, range limit, non-recycle, and modulo-n. The preset value
 		for channel Y is used by the count mode where required.
@@ -47,6 +51,8 @@ What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_countY_noise_error
 KernelVersion:	4.10
 Contact:	linux-iio@...r.kernel.org
 Description:
+		This interface is deprecated; please use the Counter subsystem.
+
 		Read-only attribute that indicates whether excessive noise is
 		present at the channel Y count inputs in quadrature clock mode;
 		irrelevant in non-quadrature clock mode.
@@ -55,6 +61,8 @@ What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_countY_preset
 KernelVersion:	4.10
 Contact:	linux-iio@...r.kernel.org
 Description:
+		This interface is deprecated; please use the Counter subsystem.
+
 		If the counter device supports preset registers, the preset
 		count for channel Y is provided by this attribute.
 
@@ -62,6 +70,8 @@ What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_countY_quadrature_mode
 KernelVersion:	4.10
 Contact:	linux-iio@...r.kernel.org
 Description:
+		This interface is deprecated; please use the Counter subsystem.
+
 		Configure channel Y counter for non-quadrature or quadrature
 		clock mode. Selecting non-quadrature clock mode will disable
 		synchronous load mode. In quadrature clock mode, the channel Y
@@ -83,6 +93,8 @@ What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_countY_set_to_preset_on_index
 KernelVersion:	4.10
 Contact:	linux-iio@...r.kernel.org
 Description:
+		This interface is deprecated; please use the Counter subsystem.
+
 		Whether to set channel Y counter with channel Y preset value
 		when channel Y index input is active, or continuously count.
 		Valid attribute values are boolean.
@@ -91,6 +103,8 @@ What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_indexY_index_polarity
 KernelVersion:	4.10
 Contact:	linux-iio@...r.kernel.org
 Description:
+		This interface is deprecated; please use the Counter subsystem.
+
 		Active level of channel Y index input; irrelevant in
 		non-synchronous load mode.
 
@@ -98,6 +112,8 @@ What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_indexY_synchronous_mode
 KernelVersion:	4.10
 Contact:	linux-iio@...r.kernel.org
 Description:
+		This interface is deprecated; please use the Counter subsystem.
+
 		Configure channel Y counter for non-synchronous or synchronous
 		load mode. Synchronous load mode cannot be selected in
 		non-quadrature clock mode.
-- 
2.17.1