linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] wm97xx-core: Report a phys for WM97xx touchscreens

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Message-ID: <20080522093759.ZZRA012@mailhub.coreip.homeip.net>
Date:	Thu, 22 May 2008 09:41:48 -0400
From:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
To:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>
Cc:	linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wm97xx-core: Report a phys for WM97xx touchscreens

Hi Mark,

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 12:35:06PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> phys is displayed in various diagnostic output so ensure that it is set
> to something sensible.
>

Phys is used to describe the physical connection of a device that is
ideally not changing between reboots so having it set up based on
device's bus_id is not a best option I think.

What tools besides evbug use phys? They probably should display both
phys and sysfs paths (I will be changing evbug soon).

-- 
Dmitry
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