linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] wiegand: add Wiegand GPIO bit-banged controller driver

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Date:   Wed, 4 Jan 2023 19:01:31 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>
To:     Martin Zaťovič <m.zatovic1@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] wiegand: add Wiegand GPIO bit-banged controller
 driver

On Wed, Jan 04, 2023 at 06:59:00PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 04, 2023 at 02:34:14PM +0100, Martin Zaťovič wrote:

...

> > +What:		/sys/devices/platform/.../wiegand-gpio-attributes/format

> > +What:		/sys/devices/platform/.../wiegand-gpio-attributes/payload_len

> Why all these attributes? What is special about them and how they are specific
> to the hardware in question?
> 
> To me it all sounds like layering violation: a GPIO driver that has to be
> generic provides a complete custom ABIs which we usually put on the upper
> layer (in the kernel as a child driver or in the user space).

Okay, it seems the consumer driver.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko