linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iio: ABI: fix current

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Message-ID: <d297fa4d-c8fe-4ec9-91dc-e15125adc711@baylibre.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 13:44:18 -0600
From: David Lechner <dlechner@...libre.com>
To: Cosmin Tanislav <cosmin-gabriel.tanislav.xa@...esas.com>,
 Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>, Nuno Sá
 <nuno.sa@...log.com>, Andy Shevchenko <andy@...nel.org>
Cc: linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iio: ABI: fix current_trigger description

On 2/4/26 12:02 PM, Cosmin Tanislav wrote:
> Triggers exist under /sys/bus/iio/devices/, not under /sys/class/iio.
> /sys/class/iio does not even exist. Use the current path.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Cosmin Tanislav <cosmin-gabriel.tanislav.xa@...esas.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
> index 5f87dcee78f7..4fc9f6bd4281 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
> @@ -1428,7 +1428,7 @@ KernelVersion:	2.6.35
>  Contact:	linux-iio@...r.kernel.org
>  Description:
>  		The name of the trigger source being used, as per string given
> -		in /sys/class/iio/triggerY/name.
> +		in /sys/bus/iio/devices/triggerY/name.

While we are fixing this, the docs refer to it as triggerX rather than
triggerY.

/sys/bus/iio/devices/triggerX is documented, but
/sys/bus/iio/devices/triggerY/name actually seems to be missing. That is
for another patch though.

>  
>  What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/bufferY/length
>  KernelVersion:	5.11