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--- a/Documentation/gpio/gpio-legacy.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gpio/gpio-legacy.txt
@@ -751,9 +751,6 @@ requested using gpio_request():
int gpio_export_link(struct device *dev, const char *name,
unsigned gpio)
- /* change the polarity of a GPIO node in sysfs */
- int gpio_sysfs_set_active_low(unsigned gpio, int value);
-
After a kernel driver requests a GPIO, it may only be made available in
the sysfs interface by gpio_export(). The driver can control whether the
signal direction may change. This helps drivers prevent userspace code
@@ -767,9 +764,3 @@ After the GPIO has been exported, gpio_export_link() allows creating
symlinks from elsewhere in sysfs to the GPIO sysfs node. Drivers can
use this to provide the interface under their own device in sysfs with
a descriptive name.
-
-Drivers can use gpio_sysfs_set_active_low() to hide GPIO line polarity
-differences between boards from user space. This only affects the
-sysfs interface. Polarity change can be done both before and after
-gpio_export(), and previously enabled poll(2) support for either
-rising or falling edge will be reconfigured to follow this setting.