Re: rtc: sysfs: move sysfs interface to Documentation/ABI

[Aishwarya Pant]

On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 05:23:33PM +0300, Ozgur wrote:
> 
> 
> 28.12.2017, 17:22, "Ozgur" <okaratas@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> > 28.12.2017, 16:31, "Aishwarya Pant" <aishpant@xxxxxxxxx>:
> >>  Hi
> 
>  Hello,
> 
> >>  In Documentation/rtc.txt, there is a description of the sysfs
> >>  interface which could be moved to Documentation/ABI.
> >>
> >>  Would such a change be useful?
> >>
> >>  The ABI documentation format looks like the following:
> >>
> >>  What: (the full sysfs path of the attribute)
> >>  Date: (date of creation)
> >>  KernelVersion: (kernel version it first showed up in)
> >>  Contact: (primary contact)
> >>  Description: (long description on usage)
> >>
> >>  I am doing this in an exercise to move sysfs ABI interfaces (which are
> >>  documented) to their right place i.e. in Documentation/ABI along with the rest.
> 
>  Do I understand right? Are you want to make the rtc.txt part the same format as ABI folder?
>  for example create to RTC folder and add /dev/rtc what, date, kernelversion, contact right?

Yes I mentioned just the sysfs interface. But both ioctl and sysfs interface
should be there in Documentation/ABI. There could a new file called sysfs-rtc in
Documentation/ABI/stable with both these interfaces.

> 
>  This can be a good idea and I can help.

Sure thanks. I can maybe send a patch with these changes.

One question: who should be the primary contact for this ABI?

> 
> >>  Aishwarya
> 
> Ozgur