linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] Input: tsc2005

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Date:	Fri, 30 Oct 2015 13:59:13 +0100
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:	Michael Welling <mwelling@...e.org>,
	Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>,
	Sebastian Reichel <sre@...nel.org>,
	Roger Quadros <rogerq@...com>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-input@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Input: tsc2005 - Add support for tsc2004

On Tuesday 27 October 2015 23:12:58 Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > Yes it does.
> > 
> > I have been told that using wildcard names is bad in other subsystems.
> > Perhaps tsc200x-core.c should be called something else because it has
> > nothing to do with the tsc2007 but it is covered by the wildcard.
> > 
> > You you think this is a big deal?
> 
> No I do not.

To clarify: using wildcards in DT bindings is bad, because that is
the only way to clearly identify small differences between related
devices there. In file names or identifiers in the kernel, there is
no problem.

	Arnd
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