linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 14/38] iio: accel: st: Append _accel to accelerator sensor device names

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Date:	Mon, 16 Sep 2013 20:15:04 +0100
From:	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>
To:	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>
CC:	Denis CIOCCA <denis.ciocca@...com>,
	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"jic23@....ac.uk" <jic23@....ac.uk>,
	"arnd@...db.de" <arnd@...db.de>,
	"linus.walleij@...aro.org" <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	"linux-iio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-iio@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/38] iio: accel: st: Append _accel to accelerator sensor
 device names

On 09/16/13 13:03, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote:
> On 09/16/2013 11:21 AM, Denis CIOCCA wrote:
>> Hi Lars,
>>> On 09/14/2013 02:27 PM, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
>>>> On 09/14/13 13:14, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
>>>>> On 09/10/13 13:49, Lee Jones wrote:
>>>>>> Some of ST's sensors are appended with their sensor type and some
>>>>>> are not. For consistency we're extending the same naming convention
>>>>>> throughout.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>
>>>>> Honestly I don't care either way on these, but consistency would definitely
>>>>> be good so applied to the togreg branch of iio.git
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Actually change of plan. I'm going to hold off on these as this an ABI change.
>>>> Iritating though having these as completely inconsistent is, changing this
>>>> will change device identification from userspace which is not a good idea.
>>>>
>>>> Sorry Lee, but we really shouldn't do this. I should have picked up on this
>>>> in the original driver reviews but that's hindsight for you.
>>> I think those with the suffix are the ones where you have accel and gyro in
>>> the same package, the ones without the suffix are pure accelerometers.
>> Yes You are right. I've used this kind of logic... What do you think about?
>>
>> Denis
> 
> Seems sensible to me.

How about a comment to this effect in the code so that we keep it like this?
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