Re: [PATCH] Change request_irq() to use struct net_device *dev->name

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 8:38 AM, Prashant Shah <pshah.mumbai@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Prashant Shah <pshah.mumbai@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> You should also remove the definition of DRV_NAME, since it is no longer
>>> used. The changelog should probably mention that this will change the
>>> interrupt name (which appears in /proc/interrupts for example) from "wd"
>>> to "eth%d".
>
> I was going through the code. The apne driver apne.c in the same
> folder is using DRV_NAME in request_region()
>
>> if (!request_region(IOBASE, 0x20, DRV_NAME)) {
>
> I can change the wd.c request_region() code to use DRV_NAME. Currently
> it is using a string constant.
>
>> r = request_region(base_addr, WD_IO_EXTENT, "wd-probe");
>
> This will make it more consistent. Please suggest which change is more
> preferable.

If you convert each driver to use devres API, you may avoid a lot of
useless work.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
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