linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 01/22] docs: counter: Consolidate Counter sysfs attributes documentation

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Date:   Mon, 15 Feb 2021 20:05:20 +0900
From:   William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@...il.com>
To:     Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 01/22] docs: counter: Consolidate Counter sysfs
 attributes documentation

On Sun, Feb 14, 2021 at 04:57:52PM +0000, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 21:13:25 +0900
> William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> > Duplicate ABIs are not valid, so let's consolidate these sysfs
> > attributes into the main sysfs-bus-counter documentation file.
> 
> This is sensible to do, but is there any duplicate ABI?  I went
> looking for any resulting build problems and couldn't see what was
> actually duplicated.
> 
> Jonathan

There's no duplication currently, so this is just a preventative
measure. These files were started for the purpose of permitting future
duplication; now that duplication is explicitly disallowed, we're better
off consolidating these now in order to prevent fragmentation of the
documentation.

William Breathitt Gray

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