linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] HID: add ThingM blink(1) USB RGB LED support

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Date:	Tue, 22 Jan 2013 09:15:30 -0500 (EST)
From:	Vivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com>
To:	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>
Cc:	simon@...gewell.org, linux-input@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] HID: add ThingM blink(1) USB RGB LED support


> > The vendor's name is "ThingM" and the product's name is "blink(1)",
> > not "blink".
> > Given that, would you prefer to keep "blink(1)::1234", or would it
> > rather be
> > "thingm-blink1::1234" (avoiding parenthesis)?
> > 
> > I ask the same question for the driver name, which is actually
> > "blink(1)".
> 
> Actually, for HID bus drivers, we are mostly following the convention
> of
> having just the vendor name in the driver, see hid-microsoft,
> hid-logitech, etc.
> 
> So it'd make most sense to me to name the driver hid-thingm, and in
> case
> it is driving blink(1) device (no other devices will be driven by it
> currently), let it create /sys/class/leds/blink1...

Ok, makes sense to me!

Thanks,
Vivien
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