linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] gpio: Remove legacy API documentation

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Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 13:20:23 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...cle.com>,
	Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>,
	Hu Haowen <2023002089@...k.tyut.edu.cn>, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Alex Shi <alexs@...nel.org>,
	Yanteng Si <siyanteng@...ngson.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] gpio: Remove legacy API documentation

On Wed, May 08, 2024 at 01:17:01PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> In order to discourage people to use old and legacy GPIO APIs
> remove the respective documentation completely. It also helps
> further cleanups of the legacy GPIO API leftovers, which is
> ongoing task.

Motivation of this patch is a new code appeared with deprecated header:
https://lore.kernel.org/alsa-devel/CAHp75Vf36mOsHCMH2bPCew-7e75SjMQVqxKR4CU+BV1oQPiHmA@mail.gmail.com/

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko