linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH resend v5 1/3] i2c: Allow overriding dev_name through board

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Message-ID: <20171026202927.unlrtd2n47qtqg6e@ninjato>
Date:   Thu, 26 Oct 2017 22:29:27 +0200
From:   Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
To:     Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
Cc:     Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy@...radead.org>,
        Jarkko Nikula <jarkko.nikula@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH resend v5 1/3] i2c: Allow overriding dev_name through
 board_info

On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 11:41:19AM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
> For devices not instantiated through ACPI the i2c-client's device-name
> gets set to <busnr>-<addr> by default, e.g. "0-0022" this means that
> the device-name is dependent on the order in which the i2c-busses are
> enumerated.
> 
> In some cases having a predictable constant device-name is desirable,
> for example on non device-tree platforms the link between a regulator
> and its consumers is specified by the platform code by setting
> regulator_init_data.consumers. This array identifies the regulator's
> consumers by dev_name and supply(-name). Which requires a constant
> dev_name.
> 
> This commit adds a dev_name field to i2c_board_info allowing
> platform code to set a contstant dev_name so that the device can
> be identified by its dev_name in other platform code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>

So, the live discussion at ELCE17 between broonie, Andy, and me came to
a good end for you ;)

Applied to for-next, thanks!


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