On Sun, Jun 19, 2016 at 1:25 PM, Jonathan Cameron <jic23@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Using the struct i2c_device->id field for naming the light sensor >>> is a bad idea: when booting from the pure device tree this is NULL > Hmm. Just revisiting this whilst reviewing another driver. What the heck > is the 'right' way of getting hold of the registered name in this case? > I guess getting it from an of lookup if one has been used? > So of_device_match and then the name field? Good question. Some code like drivers/iio/magnetometer/ak8975.c uses this: dev_name(&client->dev) Which will give a silly bus name like this (from /proc/interrupts): 234: 0 0 pm8xxx 224 Edge 0-000c "0-000c" (device 0x0c on i2c bus 0) It will be unique but not very human readable. Yours, Linus Walleij -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-iio" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
