linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] regulator: core: use regulator name for sysfs

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Date:	Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:24:04 -0700
From:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>
To:	Shawn Joo <sjoo@...dia.com>
CC:	broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] regulator: core: use regulator name for sysfs

On 02/21/2013 12:53 AM, Shawn Joo wrote:
> regulator is named by numbering on sysfs, e.g. regulator.0, regulator.1
> it confuses to find desired regulator before counting the order.
> add option for regulator name by use_name_onsysfs.
> if it is true and name is not NULL, desc's name will be the name.
> e.g. if name in desc is "LDO0", then regulator.LDO0 on sysfs.
> otherwise it follows origin.

Does it make sense to make this change always, rather than based on some
new flag in regulator_desc?

Another place a similar change might be useful is debugfs.
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