Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name

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On 04/25/2016 10:33 PM, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
On 22/04/16 04:43, Yong Li wrote:
When load the driver using the below command:
echo tmp006 0x40 > /sys/bus/i2c/devices/i2c-0/new_device

In sysfs, the i2c name is tmp006, however the iio name is 0-0040,
they are inconsistent. With this patch,
the iio name will be the same as the i2c device name

Signed-off-by: Yong Li <sdliyong@xxxxxxxxx>
Peter, this looks right to me, but could you take a quick look as I guess
there might be a reason you did this in an unusual way originally?

Is there a "correct" or "usual" way to set indio_dev->name? Some quick grepping shows no clear standard:

$ git grep -h 'indio_dev->name =' drivers/iio/ | wc -l
148
$ git grep -h 'indio_dev->name =' drivers/iio/ | grep id | wc -l
52
$ git grep -h 'indio_dev->name =' drivers/iio/ | grep dev_name | wc -l
20
$ git grep -h 'indio_dev->name =' drivers/iio/ | grep -i drv | wc -l
19
$ git grep -h 'indio_dev->name =' drivers/iio/ | grep -i driver | wc -l
15

It seems that many devices use dev_name(&i2c_client->dev) or otherwise some sort of "ABC123_DRIVER_NAME" constant.

It's also not clear what this "name" field is for. Is it more than just a cosmetic sysfs attribute? It seems to me that names don't have to be unique so it would be wrong to use them for identification.

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Regards,
Leonard
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