On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 02:03:34PM +0800, Lei YU wrote: > On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 10:33 PM, Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 11/07/2017 12:27 AM, Lei YU wrote: > >> > >> Nuvoton W83773G is a hardware monitor IC providing one local > >> temperature and two remote temperature sensors. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Lei YU <mine260309@xxxxxxxxx> > >> --- > >> v2: > >> - Rewrite the driver using regmap > >> - Add offset and update_interval [ ... ] > >> + hwmon_dev = devm_hwmon_device_register_with_groups(dev, > >> client->name, > >> + regmap, > >> w83773g_groups); > > > > > > You lost me here. Why did you stop using the new API ? > > I was referencing some other hwmon driver (e.g. tmp401.c) and find out > the usage of SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR, which I feel more clear and straightforward. > The new API is supposed to replace the old API to make it independent from sysfs and to simplify the actual driver code. On a driver like this, using the new API should reduce code and data size by 30% or more. If you find the new API to be less clear and less straigtforward to use than the old API, we need to improve it. Do you have any suggestions ? Thanks, Guenter -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
