From: Rodrigo Alencar <[email protected]>

Add documentation for a read-only sysfs attribute that allows to expose
parent-child relationships between IIO channels.

Signed-off-by: Rodrigo Alencar <[email protected]>
---
 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio 
b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
index 3037b8b79fba..623167355d71 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
@@ -2155,6 +2155,33 @@ Description:
                specific attributes. This is useful for userspace to be able to
                better identify an individual channel.
 
+What:          /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_voltageY_parent
+What:          /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/out_voltageY_parent
+What:          /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_altvoltageY_parent
+What:          /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/out_altvoltageY_parent
+What:          /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_currentY_parent
+What:          /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/out_currentY_parent
+What:          /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_altcurrentY_parent
+What:          /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/out_altcurrentY_parent
+KernelVersion: 7.2
+Contact:       [email protected]
+Description:
+               Read-only attribute containing the sysfs name prefix of the 
parent
+               channel for hierarchical channel relationships (e.g. 
"out_altvoltage0").
+               The prefix uniquely identifies the parent channel and can be 
used by
+               userspace to organize channels in tree-like structures that 
reflects
+               virtual or logical relationships between them.
+
+               For example, an IIO device may expose a primary output channel 
as
+               "out_voltage0" together with a set of profile-based or 
mode-based
+               subchannels used to configure or compose the output signal. 
These
+               subchannels may carry common attributes such as frequency, 
phase, etc.
+               They do not represent physical outputs, but rather 
logical/virtual
+               channels grouping configurations that affect the primary output.
+               Each subchannel exposes a *_parent attribute reading 
"out_voltage0",
+               allowing userspace to group controls under the output channel 
they
+               belong to rather than treating them as unrelated top-level 
channels.
+
 What:          /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:deviceX/in_phaseY_raw
 KernelVersion: 4.18
 Contact:       [email protected]

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