linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 00/10] gpio: sysfs: add a per-chip export/unexport attribute pair

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Message-ID: <CAMRc=MeuMpo0=ym+FvDh5sCNXM00+iOSNFgTxMqagO78ZS64_g@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2025 12:28:01 +0200
From: Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
To: Kent Gibson <warthog618@...il.com>, Jan Lübbe <jlu@...gutronix.de>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>, Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@...gutronix.de>, 
	Marek Vasut <marex@...x.de>, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>, 
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>, linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/10] gpio: sysfs: add a per-chip export/unexport
 attribute pair

On Wed, Jul 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM Kent Gibson <warthog618@...il.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > I tend to not interpret it as adding new features. We really just
> > *move* what exists under a slightly different path when you think
> > about it.
> >
> > So what are you suggesting, remove the `edge` attribute and polling
> > features from the new `value` attribute?
> >
>
> Exactly. I'm not suggesting ANY changes to the old sysfs, only your new
> non-global numbering version.  The idea being don't port everything over
> from the old sysfs - just the core feature set that non-cdev users need.
>

I mean, if someone shows up saying they need this or that from the old
sysfs and without they won't switch, we can always add it back I
guess... Much easier than removing something that's carved in stone.

Anything else should go away? `active_low`?

Bart