Re: Platform device id

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>]

On Fri, 07 Sep 2007, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> On 9/7/07, Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org> wrote:
> > To go one step further, I am questioning the real value of this naming
> > exception for these "unique" platform devices. On top of the bugs I
> > mentioned above, it has potential for compatibility breakage: adding a

Agreed.  But the breakage might happen anyway, if you need to move
attributes from foo.0 to foo.1.  After that first time, userspace will learn
to hunt down all foo.* after what it wants, but still...

> If a device has a <name>.<instance> scheme this implies possibility of
> having several instances of said device in a box. There are a few of

No, it doesn't. It allows for, but it does not imply anything.

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