linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/7] selftests: gpio: rework and simplify test implementation

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Date:   Mon, 4 Jan 2021 23:00:31 +0800
From:   Kent Gibson <warthog618@...il.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:KERNEL SELFTEST FRAMEWORK" 
        <linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@...libre.com>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        Bamvor Jian Zhang <bamv2005@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] selftests: gpio: rework and simplify test
 implementation

On Mon, Jan 04, 2021 at 03:52:49PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 3:51 AM Kent Gibson <warthog618@...il.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, Jan 03, 2021 at 05:10:10PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
> > In this example it is the 508:
> >
> > # e.g. gpiochip0: GPIOs 508-511, parent: platform/gpio-mockup.0, gpio-mockup-A:
> >
> > So I'll use that - unless it is unreliable for some reason?
> 
> debugfs is not an ABI and tomorrow this can be changed without notice.
> 

I had a bad feeling that might be the case, and all my current solutions
use debugfs one way or another, so back to the drawing board on that one.

Thanks,
Kent.