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--- a/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-gpio
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/obsolete/sysfs-gpio
@@ -13,18 +13,28 @@ Description:
GPIOs are identified as they are inside the kernel, using integers in
the range 0..INT_MAX. See Documentation/admin-guide/gpio for more information.
+ ::
+
/sys/class/gpio
/export ... asks the kernel to export a GPIO to userspace
/unexport ... to return a GPIO to the kernel
/gpioN ... for each exported GPIO #N OR
- /<LINE-NAME> ... for a properly named GPIO line
/value ... always readable, writes fail for input GPIOs
/direction ... r/w as: in, out (default low); write: high, low
/edge ... r/w as: none, falling, rising, both
+ /active_low ... r/w as: 0, 1
/gpiochipN ... for each gpiochip; #N is its first GPIO
/base ... (r/o) same as N
- /label ... (r/o) descriptive, not necessarily unique
+ /label ... (r/o) descriptive chip name
/ngpio ... (r/o) number of GPIOs; numbered N to N + (ngpio - 1)
+ /gpio<OFFSET>
+ /value ... always readable, writes fail for input GPIOs
+ /direction ... r/w as: in, out (default low); write: high, low
+ /chipX ... for each gpiochip; #X is the gpio device ID
+ /export ... asks the kernel to export a GPIO at HW offset X to userspace
+ /unexport ... to return a GPIO at HW offset X to the kernel
+ /label ... (r/o) descriptive chip name
+ /ngpio ... (r/o) number of GPIOs exposed by the chip
- This ABI is deprecated and will be removed after 2020. It is
- replaced with the GPIO character device.
+ This ABI is obsoleted by Documentation/ABI/testing/gpio-cdev and will be
+ removed after 2020.