Re: [lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: (max6650) Rename the device ids to contain the hwmon suffix

[Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>]

> >> On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 4:38 PM, Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> wrote:
> >> > Additionally, dashes are explicitly forbidden in hwmon
> >> > device names.
> >>
> >> Also, where is that documented?
> >
> > In Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface:
> >
> > *********************
> > * Global attributes *
> > *********************
> >
> > name            The chip name.
> >                 This should be a short, lowercase string, not containing
> >                 spaces nor dashes, representing the chip name. This is
> >                 the only mandatory attribute.
> >                 I2C devices get this attribute created automatically.
> >                 RO
> 
> Time to revisit this decision....
> 
> So, based on the fact that children device names usually contain
> dashes, I do not understand why hwmon would be any special in this
> regard. It is possible that the hwmon developers have not faced much
> MFD situation before, and so, this was not considered to be handled
> like in other subsystems.
> 
> I am proposing to change this "rule"...  Any objection?

Prior to proposing such an invasive change which is highly likely to
come up against heavy opposition, why don't you try to work _with_ the
current ruling and the Maintainers to see what others have done to
solve the problem.  I highly doubt you are the first/only developer who
has had this issue.

Do:
  `git grep "\-hwmon"`

... and have a good look around for an accepted solution.

-- 
Lee Jones
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