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Message-Id: <20240213160522.37940-1-lincoln.wallace@canonical.com> Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2024 13:05:22 -0300 From: lincoln.wallace@...onical.com To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, corbet@....net, brgl@...ev.pl, linus.walleij@...aro.org Cc: Lincoln Wallace <lincoln.wallace@...onical.com> Subject: [PATCH] Documentation: gpio: Add a note on the deprecated GPIO Testing Driver From: Lincoln Wallace <lincoln.wallace@...onical.com> A deprecation note was added on gpio-mockup Kconfig since v6.7, update the documentation to inform users. Signed-off-by: Lincoln Wallace <lincoln.wallace@...onical.com> --- Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-mockup.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-mockup.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-mockup.rst index 493071da1738..a6424de925da 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-mockup.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-mockup.rst @@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ GPIO Testing Driver =================== +.. note:: + Since kernel version 6.7, this method is being deprecated. Prefer using + Documentation/admin-guide/gpio/gpio-sim.rst instead for kernel versions + newer than 5.17, which is when gpio-sim was added. + The GPIO Testing Driver (gpio-mockup) provides a way to create simulated GPIO chips for testing purposes. The lines exposed by these chips can be accessed using the standard GPIO character device interface as well as manipulated -- 2.40.1
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