linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 8/8] ideapad: Change the driver name to ideapad

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Message-ID: <4C7E3F40.70205@canonical.com>
Date:	Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:55:44 +0800
From:	Ike Panhc <ike.pan@...onical.com>
To:	Corentin Chary <corentin.chary@...il.com>
CC:	Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>, platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.de>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@...el.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/8] ideapad: Change the driver name to ideapad_laptop

On 08/26/2010 03:43 PM, Corentin Chary wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 8:16 AM, Ike Panhc <ike.pan@...onical.com> wrote:
>> On 08/26/2010 01:43 PM, Corentin Chary wrote:
>>> On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 10:56 PM, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org> wrote:
>>>>>  drivers/platform/x86/ideapad_acpi.c   |  381 ---------------------------------
>>>>>  drivers/platform/x86/ideapad_laptop.c |  381 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>
>>>> Acked-by: Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
>>>>
>>>> thanks,
>>>> Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center
>>>>
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>>>
>>> Probably not very important .. but .. other drivers are called *-laptop.c, not
>>> *_laptop.c ..
>>>
>>> asus-laptop.c classmate-laptop.c compal-laptop.c dell-laptop.c eeepc-laptop.c
>>> fujitsu-laptop.c msi-laptop.c panasonic-laptop.c sony-laptop.c topstar-laptop.c
>>>
>> I choose _laptop.c not -laptop.c because when modprobe. We are using
>> "modprobe asus-laptop", but when removing, using "modprobe asus_laptop".
>>
> 
> Hum, that's a "bug" in asus-laptop, because I used KBUILD_MODNAME
> (asus_laptop) instead
> of "asus-laptop" as the driver name. And I don't know if I can change
> that now without breaking
> backward compatibility.
> 
> But other drivers should work (I tested sony-laptop).
> 
Looks like I have some misunderstanding on this. Thank you for correcting it.
When I resend patches, I will change the name to *-laptop. :)
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