linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iio: Move IIO Dummy Driver out of staging

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Message-ID: <561CE342.9020700@metafoo.de>
Date:	Tue, 13 Oct 2015 12:56:02 +0200
From:	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>
To:	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...23.retrosnub.co.uk>,
	Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@...el.com>,
	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>
CC:	Cristina Opriceana <cristina.opriceana@...il.com>,
	"linux-iio@...r.kernel.org" <linux-iio@...r.kernel.org>,
	"octavian.purdila@...el.com" <octavian.purdila@...el.com>,
	Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@....de>,
	Peter Meerwald <pmeerw@...erw.net>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iio: Move IIO Dummy Driver out of staging

On 10/13/2015 07:44 AM, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> 
> 
> On 12 October 2015 18:59:57 BST, Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@...el.com> wrote:
>> <snip>
>>
>>>> +static unsigned instances = 1;
>>>> +module_param(instances, uint, 0);
>>
>> One concern about this. We will still create a default number of
>> 'instances'
>> when using configuration via configfs?
>>
>> I'm not sure we can remove this parameter once the module is moved
>> out of staging, since we break the ABI (?)
> I'm not that bothered about ABI breakage on this one. Not going to break anything
> real after all!

ABI gets only broken if there is somebody to complain about it ;)

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