Hi! > >>That sounds like fun. Changing bq27200-0 to bq27200_0 is Forbidden by > >>the ABI Police, but taking the entire device away is ok. Changing bq27200-0 to bq27200_0 is forbidden in -rc6 time. If you believe noone depends on the name, argue your case, and it might be possible to change it in -rc0. If someone uses the name, they care about the device, and you can't take it away. > >No. IMO, it depends on if the interface is used or not. > >If hwmon I/F is used, we can not take it away, nor change its name. > > Even if the use doesn't depend on that name ? If the use doesn't depend on the name, you may get away with changing the name. (But not in -rc6.) > >If thermal zone I/F is used, we can not change it's 'type' name to be > >compatible with new hwmon API. > > You mean you can not fix the name to be compatible with libsensors. > > Makes me wonder if there shouldn't be a rule that exploits must not > be fixed if already exploited. That is not useful argumentation. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html
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