Re: [PATCH v2 6/9] iio: adc: ad7173: Add ad7173_device_info names

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On Thu, 16 May 2024 11:43:17 -0500
David Lechner <dlechner@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 11:09 AM Ceclan, Dumitru
> <mitrutzceclan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On 16/05/2024 02:32, David Lechner wrote:  
> > > On Tue, May 14, 2024 at 2:23 AM Dumitru Ceclan via B4 Relay
> > > <devnull+dumitru.ceclan.analog.com@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:  
> > >>
> > >> From: Dumitru Ceclan <dumitru.ceclan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >>
> > >> Add missing names from the device info struct for 3 models to ensure
> > >> consistency with the rest of the models.
> > >>  
> > >
> > > This affects userspace, right? So probably needs a Fixes: to make sure
> > > this gets into the 6.10 release?
> > >  
> > I don't think that it breaks userspace, just creates an additional file.
> >
> > This creates the file "name" in the iio:deviceX directory that reads the
> > string. I do not consider the Fixes: tag a necessity. I consider that it
> > resolves inconsistencies in the _device_info struct.  
> 
> Ah, OK. For some reason, I was thinking that it would default to the
> driver name if this was left out.

Hmm. I'd be tempted to take this a fix as some userspace code relies
on that name being present and it is unusual to not see it.

Jonathan





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