linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: intel: Implements gpio free function

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Date:   Fri, 22 Mar 2019 21:06:10 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <lkml@...ux.net>
Cc:     Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        zhuchangchun <zhuchangchun@...e.com>, linus.walleij@...aro.org,
        linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        hendychu@...yun.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pinctrl: intel: Implements gpio free function

On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 07:32:28PM +0100, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote:
> On 21.03.19 10:23, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> 
> > ...and on top of that GPIO sysfs interface is deprecated.
> 
> I don't like the idea of deprecating this. It might not be enough for
> all usecases, but for a lot of usecases, it's a very easy and simple
> interfaces.

So, you probably late for more than year. Linus W. and others discussed that
a lot and the points of the choice are listed in documentation IIRC.


-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko