Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] gpio: Remove legacy API documentation

[Linus Walleij]

On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 11:47 AM Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 16 May 2024 15:54:38 +0200, Andy Shevchenko
> <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> > On Wed, May 08, 2024 at 01:17:01PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> >> In order to discourage people to use old and legacy GPIO APIs
> >> remove the respective documentation completely. It also helps
> >> further cleanups of the legacy GPIO API leftovers, which is
> >> ongoing task.
> >
> > Bart, Linus, Kent, what do you think about this?
> >
> > If there is a positive consensus, I would even dare to go for v6.10-rc2
> > with it.
> >
>
> I don't have a problem with this change but I will not send it before the
> v6.11 merge window. Why would I? I'll have it go the normal route, it's not
> a fix.

That's reasonable, then people get some time to think about it
and protest if they like.

I am in favor of the change, better delete the docs too early than
too late, we must do what we can to stop the old API from gaining
brainshare.

Yours,
Linus Walleij