linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/5] docs: ABI: auxdisplay: document linedisp library sysfs attributes

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Message-ID: <aLbOGg06ZHkRpDNr@smile.fi.intel.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 13:59:38 +0300
From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...el.com>
To: Jean-François Lessard <jefflessard3@...il.com>
Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andy@...nel.org>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] docs: ABI: auxdisplay: document linedisp library
 sysfs attributes

On Sun, Aug 31, 2025 at 10:00:29PM -0400, Jean-François Lessard wrote:
> Add ABI documentation for sysfs attributes provided by the line-display
> auxdisplay library module. These attributes enable text message display and
> configuration on character-based auxdisplay devices.
> 
> Documents previously undocumented attributes:
> - message, scroll_step_ms (introduced in v5.16)
> - map_seg7, map_seg14 (introduced in v6.9)
> 
> Documents newly added attribute:
> - num_chars (targeted for v6.18)
> 
> The line-display library is used by multiple auxdisplay drivers and
> can expose these attributes either on linedisp.N child devices or
> directly on parent auxdisplay devices.

Can you split to two? Document undocumented but existing ones (as the first
patch in the series) and only add a num_chars when it's implemented?

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko