linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 2/3] gpio: adp5588: Do not use defined value for driver name and compatible

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Date:   Thu, 30 Jun 2022 13:58:22 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     linux-gpio@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Michael Hennerich <michael.hennerich@...log.com>,
        Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@...ev.pl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/3] gpio: adp5588: Do not use defined value for driver
 name and compatible

On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 9:39 PM Andy Shevchenko
<andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com> wrote:

> It's wrong to use defined string literal for three semantically different
> cases, i.e.:
> 1) compatible string, which is part of ABI and has to have specific format;
> 2) I2C ID, which is user space visible and also ABI;
> 3) driver name, that can be changed.
>
> Drop the define and use appropriate string literals in place.
>
> While at it, drop comma at terminator entry of OF ID table.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>

Yours,
Linus Walleij