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Documentation: gpio: update sysfs documentation to reference new chardev doc 

Update GPIO sysfs interface documentation to reference the new
chardev document rather than gpio.h.

Signed-off-by: Kent Gibson <warthog618@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@linaro.org>
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Kent Gibson 2024-01-15 08:48:43 +08:00 committed by Bartosz Golaszewski
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@ -2,18 +2,18 @@ GPIO Sysfs Interface for Userspace
==================================
.. warning::
This API is obsoleted by the chardev.rst and the ABI documentation has
been moved to Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-gpio.
THIS ABI IS DEPRECATED, THE ABI DOCUMENTATION HAS BEEN MOVED TO
Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-gpio AND NEW USERSPACE CONSUMERS
ARE SUPPOSED TO USE THE CHARACTER DEVICE ABI. THIS OLD SYSFS ABI WILL
NOT BE DEVELOPED (NO NEW FEATURES), IT WILL JUST BE MAINTAINED.
New developments should use the chardev.rst, and existing developments are
encouraged to migrate as soon as possible, as this API will be removed
in the future.
Refer to the examples in tools/gpio/* for an introduction to the new
character device ABI. Also see the userspace header in
include/uapi/linux/gpio.h
This interface will continue to be maintained for the migration period,
but new features will only be added to the new API.
The deprecated sysfs ABI
------------------------
The obsolete sysfs ABI
----------------------
Platforms which use the "gpiolib" implementors framework may choose to
configure a sysfs user interface to GPIOs. This is different from the
debugfs interface, since it provides control over GPIO direction and
@ -33,9 +33,12 @@ userspace GPIO can be used to determine system configuration data that
standard kernels won't know about. And for some tasks, simple userspace
GPIO drivers could be all that the system really needs.
DO NOT ABUSE SYSFS TO CONTROL HARDWARE THAT HAS PROPER KERNEL DRIVERS.
PLEASE READ THE DOCUMENT AT Documentation/driver-api/gpio/drivers-on-gpio.rst
TO AVOID REINVENTING KERNEL WHEELS IN USERSPACE. I MEAN IT. REALLY.
.. note::
Do NOT abuse sysfs to control hardware that has proper kernel drivers.
Please read Documentation/driver-api/gpio/drivers-on-gpio.rst
to avoid reinventing kernel wheels in userspace.
I MEAN IT. REALLY.
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