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| author | Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@linaro.org> | 2024-01-16 10:40:57 +0100 |
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| committer | Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@linaro.org> | 2024-01-17 17:15:15 +0100 |
| commit | fc2f2feaa99dce8aab6381168051f2725b537621 (patch) | |
| tree | 9b53341c546647642f0e9dc0da2959ac78908558 | |
| parent | 17a684c97c3b9001b338812597c9876ce9b5f77c (diff) | |
| download | libgpiod-fc2f2feaa99dce8aab6381168051f2725b537621.tar.gz | |
README: mention the Linux 5.10 requirement for libgpiod v2
Major version 2 of libgpiod requires linux kernel uAPI v2 to be available.
This was released in Linux 5.10 so mention it in the README.
Suggested-by: Kent Gibson <warthog618@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@linaro.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ libgpiod character device (gpiod stands for GPIO device) Since linux 4.8 the GPIO sysfs interface is deprecated. User space should use -the character device instead. This library encapsulates the ioctl calls and -data structures behind a straightforward API. +the character device instead. Version 2 of libgpiod requires GPIO character +device uAPI v2 which was first released in linux 5.10. This library +encapsulates the ioctl calls and data structures behind a straightforward API. RATIONALE --------- |