linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name

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Message-ID: <571F588D.3010800@metafoo.de>
Date:	Tue, 26 Apr 2016 14:01:17 +0200
From:	Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>
To:	Yong Li <sdliyong@...il.com>
Cc:	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
	Crestez Dan Leonard <cdleonard@...il.com>, knaack.h@....de,
	Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@...erw.net>,
	Krzysztof Kozłowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>,
	mranostay@...il.com, linux-iio@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name

On 04/26/2016 01:47 PM, Yong Li wrote:
> Thanks for your mails. Just FYI, we are testing this tmp006 sensor on
> our system. and our application framework is using these device names,
> so I submitted this patch.

Your patch is certainly correct. But the problem is, or rather the question
is, will this break any existing applications that rely on the wrong behavior?

- Lars