linux-kernel - Re: [git pull] Input updates for 3.5-rc0

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Message-ID: <CA+55aFybQDXjGaEK0k=60gS88bxwE8vC7XvOffaQAf3de9cCfg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 24 May 2012 14:07:29 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-input@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [git pull] Input updates for 3.5-rc0

On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Dmitry Torokhov
<dmitry.torokhov@...il.com> wrote:
>
> I was concerned about the _next_ device (the one that will be created
> the moment I plug in the tablet back into the same port) having exact
> same name as the one that is half dead and clashing in sysfs and
> elsewhere. We used to have issues with this.

Ok, that's certainly a valid concern.

It's still - I think - really sad/wrong that the device name is then
so useless than the drivers end up basically not using it.

                      Linus
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