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Documentation: gpio: clarify sysfs line values are logical

Message ID 20240212093420.381575-1-warthog618@gmail.com
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Series Documentation: gpio: clarify sysfs line values are logical |

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Kent Gibson Feb. 12, 2024, 9:34 a.m. UTC 
  Clarify that line values are logical, not physical, by replacing high/low
terminology with active/inactive.

Signed-off-by: Kent Gibson <warthog618@gmail.com>
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 Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/sysfs.rst | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Comments

Andy Shevchenko Feb. 12, 2024, 9:54 a.m. UTC | #1 
On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 11:34 AM Kent Gibson <warthog618@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Clarify that line values are logical, not physical, by replacing high/low
> terminology with active/inactive.

For this
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <amdy.shevchenko@gmail.com>

But as I said there are much more...
Bartosz Golaszewski Feb. 14, 2024, 9:29 a.m. UTC | #2 
On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 10:34 AM Kent Gibson <warthog618@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Clarify that line values are logical, not physical, by replacing high/low
> terminology with active/inactive.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kent Gibson <warthog618@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/sysfs.rst | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/sysfs.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/sysfs.rst
> index e12037a0f2b4..116921048b18 100644
> --- a/Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/sysfs.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/sysfs.rst
> @@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ and have the following read/write attributes:
>                 allow userspace to reconfigure this GPIO's direction.
>
>         "value" ...
> -               reads as either 0 (low) or 1 (high). If the GPIO
> +               reads as either 0 (inactive) or 1 (active). If the GPIO
>                 is configured as an output, this value may be written;
> -               any nonzero value is treated as high.
> +               any nonzero value is treated as active.
>
>                 If the pin can be configured as interrupt-generating interrupt
>                 and if it has been configured to generate interrupts (see the
> --
> 2.39.2
>

Applied, thanks!

Bart
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diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/sysfs.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/sysfs.rst
index e12037a0f2b4..116921048b18 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/sysfs.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/gpio/sysfs.rst
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@  and have the following read/write attributes:
 		allow userspace to reconfigure this GPIO's direction.
 
 	"value" ...
-		reads as either 0 (low) or 1 (high). If the GPIO
+		reads as either 0 (inactive) or 1 (active). If the GPIO
 		is configured as an output, this value may be written;
-		any nonzero value is treated as high.
+		any nonzero value is treated as active.
 
 		If the pin can be configured as interrupt-generating interrupt
 		and if it has been configured to generate interrupts (see the