Re: [PATCH 26/26] Input: synaptics-rmi4: Change the rmi device's name to be less generic

[Linus Walleij]

On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 12:43 AM, Andrew Duggan <aduggan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Currently, the rmi device has the name sensorXX. Sensor is very generic
> and in cases when there is little context it is hard to tell what the
> device is (ie in /sys/devices or /proc/interrupts). This patch changes
> the name to rmiXX which at least indicates that it is an rmi device.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Duggan <aduggan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Linus Walleij suggested that we use the TM number as the device name.
> But, we need to set the device name when we add the device before we
> read the TM number. Changing the name to rmiXX is a compromise since
> it's not as unique as the TM, but not as generic as sensor.

OK OK I give up. No big deal anyway, the device works.
Squash into core patch?

Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>

Yours,
Linus Walleij
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