Re: [PATCH 0/7] Documentation: gpio: add character device userspace API documentation

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 4:47 AM Kent Gibson <warthog618@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 09, 2024 at 09:59:45PM +0800, Kent Gibson wrote:
> > My new year's resolution was to improve the documentation of the
> > character device API and gpio in general, so here we are.

..

> While preparing the v2 version of this series, I'm now wondering
> if this should be changed to "obsolete" rather than "deprecated", to
> better fit with the interface lifecycle, to indicate there is an
> alternative, and to emphasise that it is scheduled for removal.
> i.e. from a userspace perspective "obsolete" is the clearer term.
>
> Is that a change worth making?

>From my p.o.v. yes, as it makes it consistent with what we already
have in the sysfs/obsolete.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko