linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] hwmon: (ibmpowernv) Make the driver name more recognisable

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Date:	Fri, 31 Oct 2014 06:10:52 -0700
From:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:	Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>, jdelvare@...e.de
CC:	lm-sensors@...sensors.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	neelegup@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] hwmon: (ibmpowernv) Make the driver name more recognisable

On 10/30/2014 11:45 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> Seeing "ibmpowernv" in dmesg is not very useful, that is just the name
> of the platform and doesn't identify the message as coming from the
> hwmon driver.
>
> Change DRVNAME to "powernv-hwmon" to make it clearer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
> ---
>   drivers/hwmon/ibmpowernv.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ibmpowernv.c b/drivers/hwmon/ibmpowernv.c
> index 6a30eeea94be..3ee00928cda9 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/ibmpowernv.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/ibmpowernv.c
> @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
>    * along with this program.
>    */
>
> -#define DRVNAME		"ibmpowernv"
> +#define DRVNAME		"powernv-hwmon"
>   #define pr_fmt(fmt)	DRVNAME ": " fmt
>
>   #include <linux/init.h>
>
That results in a sensor name that includes "hwmon" and a dash.
The first doesn't make sense, the second is illegal and will be
rejected by the hwmon subsystem.

Nack.

Guenter

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