Re: [PATCH] iio: ABI: fix current_trigger description
From: David Lechner
Date: Wed Feb 04 2026 - 14:55:46 EST
On 2/4/26 1:50 PM, Cosmin-Gabriel Tanislav wrote:
>> From: David Lechner <dlechner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 4, 2026 9:44 PM
>>
>> On 2/4/26 12:02 PM, Cosmin Tanislav wrote:
>>> Triggers exist under /sys/bus/iio/devices/, not under /sys/class/iio.
>>> /sys/class/iio does not even exist. Use the current path.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Cosmin Tanislav <cosmin-gabriel.tanislav.xa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio | 2 +-
>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
>>> index 5f87dcee78f7..4fc9f6bd4281 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
>>> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
>>> @@ -1428,7 +1428,7 @@ KernelVersion: 2.6.35
>>> Contact: linux-iio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Description:
>>> The name of the trigger source being used, as per string given
>>> - in /sys/class/iio/triggerY/name.
>>> + in /sys/bus/iio/devices/triggerY/name.
>>
>> While we are fixing this, the docs refer to it as triggerX rather than
>> triggerY.
>>
>
> While I do agree that triggerX would match the definition inside
> Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio-trigger-sysfs, I think
> triggerY is the correct name here, because iio:deviceX is used
> right above. If we were to use triggerX, it would leave the
> impression that the X from deviceX and the X from triggerX are the
> same value.
>
Fair point.