linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/10] mfd: cros_ec: cleanup: remove unused fields from struct cros_ec

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Message-ID: <CAD=FV=VCe+mf4fM79R2iunrvsS_A=G4Ha1z6M2z7J4Vq1e6=1A@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 17 Jun 2014 21:22:50 -0700
From:	Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org>
To:	Simon Glass <sjg@...omium.org>
Cc:	Lee Jones <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
	Andrew Bresticker <abrestic@...omium.org>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>,
	Sonny Rao <sonnyrao@...omium.org>,
	linux-samsung-soc <linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org>,
	Javier Martinez Canillas <javier.martinez@...labora.co.uk>,
	Bill Richardson <wfrichar@...omium.org>,
	Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>,
	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>,
	lk <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/10] mfd: cros_ec: cleanup: remove unused fields from
 struct cros_ec_device

Simon,

On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 8:39 PM, Simon Glass <sjg@...omium.org> wrote:
> Hi Doug,
>
> On 16 June 2014 14:39, Doug Anderson <dianders@...omium.org> wrote:
>> From: Bill Richardson <wfrichar@...omium.org>
>>
>> struct cros_ec_device has a superfluous "name" field. We can get all the
>> debugging info we need from the existing ec_name and phys_name fields, so
>> let's take out the extra field.
>
> Except that it no longer prints I2C/SPI - i.e. the transport that is
> used. Is that not considered important?

Before this change:
  [    1.895472] cros-ec-spi spi2.0: Chrome EC (SPI)

After this change:
  [    1.910671] cros-ec-spi spi2.0: Chrome EC device registered


I think having SPI in the name twice is probably enough.  ;)

-Doug
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