On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 15:58:51 +0300 Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 3:47 PM Paul Cercueil <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > By default, when a channel has an extended name, it will appear in the > > filename of channel attributes. E.g. if the extended name is "aux", the > > filename of a "sample_rate" attribute will be something like: > > in_voltage0_aux_sample_rate > > > > Add a mechanism to disable this feature. This will be used to add a > > "extended_name" channel attribute. > > I'm afraid, NAK. Otherwise, please put an explanation that clearly > shows that it will be no ABI breakage. > I.o.w. users for the existing drivers and devices will always get > those attributes at the same platform configuration(s). > What Andy said. This was a bad design decision a long time back, but we are stuck with it. We have the _label attribute today that is the preferred route forwards for new drivers but we can't touch the old ones however annoying it might be. Jonathan
