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Date:	Sat, 14 Sep 2013 20:31:56 +0200
From:	Jean Delvare <khali@...ux-fr.org>
To:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	lm-sensors@...sensors.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/9] Introduce hwmon_device_register_with_groups and

Hi Guenter,

On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 12:25:35 -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 08/31/2013 07:48 PM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > This patch series introduces new hwmon API functions
> > hwmon_device_register_with_groups() and devm_hwmon_device_register_with_groups().
> >
> > hwmon_device_register_with_groups() lets callers register hwmon devices
> > as well as associated sysfs attributes with a single call. This simplifies
> > hwmon device registration and avoids potential race conditions seen
> > if sysfs attributes are created after the initial hwmon device was
> > registered.
> >
> > devm_hwmon_device_register_with_groups() is the managed version of the same
> > function.
> >
> Jean, any comments on this patch series ?
> 
> If you are ok with it, I would like to push the new API (patches 1 and 7 of the series)
> into 3.12, and keep the rest for 3.13.

I'm afraid I won't have the time to review all these patches. The
concept looks good to me and I trust that you implemented things right
so feel free to push the patches upstream even without my review.

-- 
Jean Delvare
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