linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/21] leds: gpio: make legacy gpiolib interface optional

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Message-ID: <aKXKWQaUjzWtR5zn@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 16:15:05 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc: Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>,
	Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	"open list:GPIO SUBSYSTEM" <linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org>,
	Pavel Machek <pavel@...nel.org>,
	Javier Carrasco <javier.carrasco.cruz@...il.com>,
	"Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
	Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>, Anish Kumar <yesanishhere@...il.com>,
	Mukesh Ojha <quic_mojha@...cinc.com>,
	Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
	Dmitry Rokosov <ddrokosov@...utedevices.com>,
	linux-leds@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/21] leds: gpio: make legacy gpiolib interface optional

On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 02:00:56PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2025, at 09:16, Lee Jones wrote:
> > On Tue, 19 Aug 2025, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> >
> > Sounds like we're between a rock and a hard place with this.
> 
> I don't think either variant is that bad to be honest, as it
> gets us a long way towards removing the legacy interface from
> default builds without having to update or remove the holdouts
> immediately. It's mainly led-gpio and gpio-keys that need
> a change like this.

And I believe Dmitry is working on gpio-keys this cycle to get rid of legacy
GPIO APIs.


-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko