netdev - Re: [PATCH v1 0/2] hwmon: introduce hwmon

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Date:   Mon, 28 Mar 2022 09:27:50 -0700
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Michael Walle <michael@...le.cc>
Cc:     Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@...el.com>, Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>,
        Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>,
        Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/2] hwmon: introduce hwmon_sanitize()

On 3/28/22 05:56, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>> I'm not sure how to handle this correctly, as this touches both the
>> network tree and the hwmon tree. Also, the GPY PHY temperature senors
>> driver would use it.
> 
> There are a few options:
> 
> 1) Get the hwmon_sanitize_name() merged into hwmon, ask for a stable
> branch, and get it merged into netdev net-next.
> 
> 2) Have the hwmon maintainers ACK the change and agree that it can be
> merged via netdev.
> 
> Probably the second option is easiest, and since it is not touching
> the core of hwmon, it is unlikely to cause merge conflicts.
> 

No, it isn't the easiest solution because it also modifies a hwmon
driver to use it.

Guenter