On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 08:52:31AM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote: > On Wed, 23 Oct 2024 18:17:23 +0300 > Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > There are current uses of acpi_match_device(): > > - as strange way of checking if the device was enumerated via ACPI > > - as a way to get IIO device name as ACPI device instance name > > Quick note on this one. That's an ABI bug that we are stuck with because > we missed it in review a long time back and names aren't critical enough > to justify forcing a fix through. > > I don't have a particular problem with a function to wrap that up, > but thought I'd just make it clear in this thread that no new > driver should ever do this! That's a good addition! Let me cook a v2 where I add this to the kernel doc and actually I have to update the SoB chain in one patch. -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko
