linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] usb: gadget: f_uac1: Change volume name and remove alt names

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Message-ID: <2024081335-wrist-earpiece-a738@gregkh>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 10:34:51 +0200
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: crwulff@...il.com
Cc: linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, Lee Jones <lee@...nel.org>,
	Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@...cinc.com>,
	Perr Zhang <perr@...7.net>, Pavel Hofman <pavel.hofman@...tera.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] usb: gadget: f_uac1: Change volume name and remove
 alt names

On Sat, Aug 03, 2024 at 08:29:13PM -0400, crwulff@...il.com wrote:
> From: Chris Wulff <crwulff@...il.com>
> 
> This changes the UAPI to align with disussion of alt settings work.
> 
> fu_name is renamed to fu_vol_name, and alt settings mode names
> are removed for now in favor of future work where they will be
> settable in subdirectories for each alt mode.
> 
> discussion thread for api changes for alt mode settings:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-usb/35be4668-58d3-894a-72cf-de1afaacae45@ivitera.com/T/

What is now going to break due to this change?  What userspace tools use
the old names that need to be changed?

Are you _SURE_ that you can rename external files like this and
everything will keep on working?

thanks,

greg k-h