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

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Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 12:01:21 +0200
From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, 
	Alex Shi <alexs@...nel.org>, Yanteng Si <siyanteng@...ngson.cn>, 
	Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...cle.com>, Kent Gibson <warthog618@...il.com>, 
	Hu Haowen <2023002089@...k.tyut.edu.cn>, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] gpio: Remove legacy API documentation

On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 11:47 AM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl> wrote:
> On Thu, 16 May 2024 15:54:38 +0200, Andy Shevchenko
> <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> said:
> > 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.
> >
> > Bart, Linus, Kent, what do you think about this?
> >
> > If there is a positive consensus, I would even dare to go for v6.10-rc2
> > with it.
> >
>
> I don't have a problem with this change but I will not send it before the
> v6.11 merge window. Why would I? I'll have it go the normal route, it's not
> a fix.

That's reasonable, then people get some time to think about it
and protest if they like.

I am in favor of the change, better delete the docs too early than
too late, we must do what we can to stop the old API from gaining
brainshare.

Yours,
Linus Walleij