linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] hwmon: (nct6775) Implement custom lock by ACPI mutex.

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Message-ID: <CAB95QAQWYk598hzLuso=psZbFSmgqKK5b5MR83f01zOrPxQLeA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 25 Nov 2021 14:54:30 +0100
From:   Eugene Shalygin <eugene.shalygin@...il.com>
To:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        Denis Pauk <pauk.denis@...il.com>,
        Platform Driver <platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org>,
        thomas@...ssschuh.net, Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>,
        linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] hwmon: (nct6775) Implement custom lock by ACPI mutex.

> Two drivers with the same functionality ? What would be the benefit of that ?
> Why not drop the current one entirely instead ?

Exactly that: I want to replace the WMI one with the new one, which
relies on ACPI lock and directly talks to the EC, and I want to keep
the driver name unchanged. Thus asking to rename the WMI driver before
the 5.16 release.