linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/6] gpio: TODO: add an item to track reworking the sysfs interface

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Message-ID: <CACRpkdYQhxpQPmohdfXy1Caz=Wjg048SpJv_OBLUuOuU0icaVQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2025 21:31:30 +0100
From: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
Cc: linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] gpio: TODO: add an item to track reworking the sysfs interface

On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl> wrote:

> From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>
>
> It seems there really exists the need for a simple sysfs interface that
> can be easily used from minimal initramfs images that don't contain much
> more than busybox. However the current interface poses a challenge to
> the removal of global GPIO numberspace. Add an item that tracks
> extending the existing ABI with a per-chip export/unexport attribute
> pair.
>
> Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>

100% agreed.
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

Yours,
Linus Walleij