Re: [PATCH v6 9/9] iio: counter: Remove IIO counter subdirectory

[Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>]

On Wed, 16 May 2018 13:52:39 -0400
William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@gmail.com> wrote:

> This patch removes the IIO counter subdirectory which is now superceded
> by the Counter subsystem. Deprecation warnings are added to the
> documentation of the relevant IIO counter sysfs attributes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@gmail.com>

Please drop the directory when it becomes empty rather than in a later
patch.  IIRC there are some issues with empty Makefiles that will
make building inbetween tricky.

For the deprecated markings.

Acked-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>

> ---
>  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio          |  8 ++++++++
>  .../ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio-counter-104-quad-8 | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/iio/Kconfig                              |  1 -
>  drivers/iio/Makefile                             |  1 -
>  drivers/iio/counter/Kconfig                      |  8 --------
>  drivers/iio/counter/Makefile                     |  5 -----
>  6 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/iio/counter/Kconfig
>  delete mode 100644 drivers/iio/counter/Makefile
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
> index 731146c3b138..6115d97b075e 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
> @@ -1637,6 +1637,8 @@ What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_countY_raw
>  KernelVersion:	4.10
>  Contact:	linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
>  Description:
> +		This interface is deprecated; please use the Counter subsystem.
> +
>  		Raw counter device counts from channel Y. For quadrature
>  		counters, multiplication by an available [Y]_scale results in
>  		the counts of a single quadrature signal phase from channel Y.
> @@ -1645,6 +1647,8 @@ What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_indexY_raw
>  KernelVersion:	4.10
>  Contact:	linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
>  Description:
> +		This interface is deprecated; please use the Counter subsystem.
> +
>  		Raw counter device index value from channel Y. This attribute
>  		provides an absolute positional reference (e.g. a pulse once per
>  		revolution) which may be used to home positional systems as
> @@ -1654,6 +1658,8 @@ What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_count_count_direction_available
>  KernelVersion:	4.12
>  Contact:	linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
>  Description:
> +		This interface is deprecated; please use the Counter subsystem.
> +
>  		A list of possible counting directions which are:
>  		- "up"	: counter device is increasing.
>  		- "down": counter device is decreasing.
> @@ -1662,4 +1668,6 @@ What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_countY_count_direction
>  KernelVersion:	4.12
>  Contact:	linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
>  Description:
> +		This interface is deprecated; please use the Counter subsystem.
> +
>  		Raw counter device counters direction for channel Y.
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio-counter-104-quad-8 b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio-counter-104-quad-8
> index 7fac2c268d9a..bac3d0d48b7b 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio-counter-104-quad-8
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio-counter-104-quad-8
> @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_index_synchronous_mode_available
>  KernelVersion:	4.10
>  Contact:	linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
>  Description:
> +		This interface is deprecated; please use the Counter subsystem.
> +
>  		Discrete set of available values for the respective counter
>  		configuration are listed in this file.
>  
> @@ -13,6 +15,8 @@ What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_countY_count_mode
>  KernelVersion:	4.10
>  Contact:	linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
>  Description:
> +		This interface is deprecated; please use the Counter subsystem.
> +
>  		Count mode for channel Y. Four count modes are available:
>  		normal, range limit, non-recycle, and modulo-n. The preset value
>  		for channel Y is used by the count mode where required.
> @@ -47,6 +51,8 @@ What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_countY_noise_error
>  KernelVersion:	4.10
>  Contact:	linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
>  Description:
> +		This interface is deprecated; please use the Counter subsystem.
> +
>  		Read-only attribute that indicates whether excessive noise is
>  		present at the channel Y count inputs in quadrature clock mode;
>  		irrelevant in non-quadrature clock mode.
> @@ -55,6 +61,8 @@ What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_countY_preset
>  KernelVersion:	4.10
>  Contact:	linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
>  Description:
> +		This interface is deprecated; please use the Counter subsystem.
> +
>  		If the counter device supports preset registers, the preset
>  		count for channel Y is provided by this attribute.
>  
> @@ -62,6 +70,8 @@ What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_countY_quadrature_mode
>  KernelVersion:	4.10
>  Contact:	linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
>  Description:
> +		This interface is deprecated; please use the Counter subsystem.
> +
>  		Configure channel Y counter for non-quadrature or quadrature
>  		clock mode. Selecting non-quadrature clock mode will disable
>  		synchronous load mode. In quadrature clock mode, the channel Y
> @@ -83,6 +93,8 @@ What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_countY_set_to_preset_on_index
>  KernelVersion:	4.10
>  Contact:	linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
>  Description:
> +		This interface is deprecated; please use the Counter subsystem.
> +
>  		Whether to set channel Y counter with channel Y preset value
>  		when channel Y index input is active, or continuously count.
>  		Valid attribute values are boolean.
> @@ -91,6 +103,8 @@ What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_indexY_index_polarity
>  KernelVersion:	4.10
>  Contact:	linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
>  Description:
> +		This interface is deprecated; please use the Counter subsystem.
> +
>  		Active level of channel Y index input; irrelevant in
>  		non-synchronous load mode.
>  
> @@ -98,6 +112,8 @@ What:		/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_indexY_synchronous_mode
>  KernelVersion:	4.10
>  Contact:	linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
>  Description:
> +		This interface is deprecated; please use the Counter subsystem.
> +
>  		Configure channel Y counter for non-synchronous or synchronous
>  		load mode. Synchronous load mode cannot be selected in
>  		non-quadrature clock mode.
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/Kconfig b/drivers/iio/Kconfig
> index d69e85a8bdc3..1152efad91a1 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/iio/Kconfig
> @@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ source "drivers/iio/afe/Kconfig"
>  source "drivers/iio/amplifiers/Kconfig"
>  source "drivers/iio/chemical/Kconfig"
>  source "drivers/iio/common/Kconfig"
> -source "drivers/iio/counter/Kconfig"
>  source "drivers/iio/dac/Kconfig"
>  source "drivers/iio/dummy/Kconfig"
>  source "drivers/iio/frequency/Kconfig"
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/Makefile b/drivers/iio/Makefile
> index d8cba9c229c0..7bdd31f1b88f 100644
> --- a/drivers/iio/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/iio/Makefile
> @@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ obj-y += amplifiers/
>  obj-y += buffer/
>  obj-y += chemical/
>  obj-y += common/
> -obj-y += counter/
>  obj-y += dac/
>  obj-y += dummy/
>  obj-y += gyro/
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/counter/Kconfig b/drivers/iio/counter/Kconfig
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 95a7a0df6cac..000000000000
> --- a/drivers/iio/counter/Kconfig
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
> -#
> -# Counter devices
> -#
> -# When adding new entries keep the list in alphabetical order
> -
> -menu "Counters"
> -
> -endmenu
> diff --git a/drivers/iio/counter/Makefile b/drivers/iio/counter/Makefile
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 8fd3d954775a..000000000000
> --- a/drivers/iio/counter/Makefile
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
> -#
> -# Makefile for IIO counter devices
> -#
> -
> -# When adding new entries keep the list in alphabetical order