Re: [PATCH 23/23] Documentation: gpio: add documentation for gpio-mockup

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Mon Sep 07 2020 - 10:21:52 EST


On Mon, Sep 07, 2020 at 03:49:23PM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 7, 2020 at 2:22 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
> <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 07, 2020 at 02:06:15PM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:

...

> > Yes it is. Or at least until you fix all existing users so that if you
> > do change it, no one notices it happening :)
> >
>
> Then another question is: do we really want to commit to a stable ABI
> for a module we only use for testing purposes and which doesn't
> interact with any real hardware.
>
> Rewriting this module without any legacy cruft is tempting though. :)

Another thought spoken loudly: maybe it can be unified with GPIO aggregator
code? In that case it makes sense.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko