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

From: Bartosz Golaszewski
Date: Wed Jul 02 2025 - 06:28:38 EST


On Wed, Jul 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM Kent Gibson <warthog618@xxxxxxxxx> 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