gpio: sysfs: add a parallel class device for each GPIO chip using device IDs

In order to enable moving away from the global GPIO numberspace-based
exporting of lines over sysfs: add a parallel, per-chip entry under
/sys/class/gpio/ for every registered GPIO chip, denoted by device ID
in the file name and not its base GPIO number.

Compared to the existing chip group: it does not contain the "base"
attribute as the goal of this change is to not refer to GPIOs by their
global number from user-space anymore. It also contains its own,
per-chip export/unexport attribute pair which allow to export lines by
their hardware offset within the chip.

Caveat #1: the new device cannot be a link to (or be linked to by) the
existing "gpiochip<BASE>" entry as we cannot create links in
/sys/class/xyz/.

Caveat #2: the new entry cannot be named "gpiochipX" as it could
conflict with devices whose base is statically defined to a low number.
Let's go with "chipX" instead.

While at it: the chip label is unique so update the untrue statement
when extending the docs.

Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250704-gpio-sysfs-chip-export-v4-2-9289d8758243@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bartosz.golaszewski@linaro.org>

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