linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] arm: omap: remove *.auto* from device names given in usb_bind

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Date:	Tue, 30 Jul 2013 07:25:17 -0700
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>
Cc:	Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kishon@...com>, tony@...mide.com,
	linux@....linux.org.uk, eballetbo@...il.com, javier@...hile0.org,
	linux-omap@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] arm: omap: remove *.auto* from device names given in
 usb_bind_phy

On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 11:15:20AM +0300, Felipe Balbi wrote:
> > > look at Greg's and my reply to that email.
> > 
> > but finally Greg agreed to what Tomasz proposed no?
> 
> that's not what I see in the thread. I see Greg agreed to regulator's
> own IDs being sequentially created, but he mentions device names can
> change.

And that no one should _ever_ rely on them to be a specific "name", the
bus is responsible for creating the id, it could be "random" and
everything should work just fine.

thanks,

greg k-h
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