linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/6] iio: adc: ad7173: Remove index from temp channel

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Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2024 14:40:50 -0500
From: David Lechner <dlechner@...libre.com>
To: dumitru.ceclan@...log.com
Cc: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>, Michael Hennerich <Michael.Hennerich@...log.com>, 
	Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, 
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>, Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, 
	linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Dumitru Ceclan <mitrutzceclan@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] iio: adc: ad7173: Remove index from temp channel

On Mon, Apr 1, 2024 at 10:10 AM Dumitru Ceclan via B4 Relay
<devnull+dumitru.ceclan.analog.com@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> From: Dumitru Ceclan <dumitru.ceclan@...log.com>
>
> Temperature channel is unique per device, index is not needed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dumitru Ceclan <dumitru.ceclan@...log.com>
> ---

This breaks userspace, so the commit message should explain why it is
safe to do this (e.g. driver hasn't reached mainline yet, so won't
break existing users since there are none).