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From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Date:   Wed, 31 Oct 2018 22:17:29 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] Standardize onboard LED support for 96Boards
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On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 4:47 PM Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu> wrote:

> No doubt about it that this is good. If this is there from day 1 all will be good.
> I am just saying that we are all the time
> saying that we shouldn't break userspace. Right now if there is single application
> which uses existing names we are breaking it.

Yeah that's the problem, the approach is usually that if a tree falls
in the forest and noone is there to hear it, then it doesn't make a
sound.

But we can't assume someone is there as the safe default either.

I'd say apply it and see what happens, people are supposed to test.

Yours,
Linus Walleij