From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mgamail.intel.com (mgamail.intel.com [192.198.163.19]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2DB131FC101; Sun, 12 Jul 2026 15:05:48 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=192.198.163.19 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1783868752; cv=none; b=CrYrAUYHjDPE5U4sDRreNMdDMVWG2/o1RgUNyAYGVpTeGob0wPTJmVizqY4hpLhhMQ0y9W7voNR3/nHEoiIfar1gfFA0mBsh4JzmA5zYGw+XsOtH6/DgMWXHATUfR0gW2CfTop/NM9QGBb9XBY/xlIlK6oJ6n20KZJAZaCG6w9g= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1783868752; c=relaxed/simple; bh=zDF2A9L7LPEyJ4WCEOZ+dSPiuxqdjE9dorvQrvNDE1I=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=Ytaqd2MaNy3sbw6PBSwy3bAvzWDrXQUmtry76cbI2FX/bzq5mTyC8ibpFSIYEd3o2TfDBbNsVhuQwCZVtw155YB2E9CpoD9UCTaLS+bp8wgsZSdpp/nbNEHliyuPXVNwlIf7yrPqUcsVtp5/QB32zf+AkPrqeHZbaDKZo0PjO4o= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=intel.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=intel.com; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=intel.com header.i=@intel.com header.b=d3yIpJ3j; arc=none smtp.client-ip=192.198.163.19 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=intel.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=intel.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=intel.com header.i=@intel.com header.b="d3yIpJ3j" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1783868749; x=1815404749; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references: mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to; bh=zDF2A9L7LPEyJ4WCEOZ+dSPiuxqdjE9dorvQrvNDE1I=; b=d3yIpJ3jXxDsEZoiDX4kbbB8SJm5QnQZV5CEjGGt+AL7Kg3vZ8sIQHaz cD760k0mst3DYeIrY7MyLO2UDkhOJ9dEjYCOgzt7Oc0HWdU7fKU9+NgRp uIlMTTdkkXFCx6+CcKYCQiCIkzCsH86QcdaDMlykvBgr7d6TVrvom2TKF oG8O9MDlUQ2li0nzuPhv7sV06Vb+7cv3kshvmcGntOH55ZSNBFKFlb3nu w7AY9ZXzrvc2SxsEVQYIK1Hapc/dHkRQSKXUr72X9voaQmcf08GY/8NS3 +THIxKytcSjxRT4NDBJssVHmKb38OCY2JuG7B+vtd0LK2/PrARoHkcMUW Q==; X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: 4vd6MWUYRY+aYjdrEXeiBg== X-CSE-MsgGUID: zH3Hw1GnRbCiJr735B1c6g== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6800,10657,11841"; a="83477072" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.25,154,1779174000"; d="scan'208";a="83477072" Received: from orviesa002.jf.intel.com ([10.64.159.142]) by fmvoesa113.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 12 Jul 2026 08:05:48 -0700 X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: t+qI6cuWTMmckOngd4tSew== X-CSE-MsgGUID: wfp2UfdVQZiz+owk+zizUg== X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.25,154,1779174000"; d="scan'208";a="285417404" Received: from pgcooper-mobl3.ger.corp.intel.com (HELO localhost) ([10.245.245.24]) by orviesa002-auth.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 12 Jul 2026 08:05:45 -0700 Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2026 18:05:43 +0300 From: Andy Shevchenko To: dylanliu050903 Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , Dylan Liu , Nuno =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=E1?= , Michael Hennerich , Jonathan Cameron , David Lechner , Andy Shevchenko , linux@analog.com, linux-iio@vger.kernel.org, linux-staging@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: =?utf-8?B?5Zue5aSN77yaIFJlOiBbUEFUQ0g=?= =?utf-8?Q?=5D?= Signed-off-by: Dylan Liu Message-ID: References: <20260712141928.559844-1-dylanliu050903@protonmail.com> <2026071227-unspoiled-blatancy-0809@gregkh> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: Organization: Intel Finland Oy - BIC 0357606-4 - c/o Alberga Business Park, 6 krs, Bertel Jungin Aukio 5, 02600 Espoo On Sun, Jul 12, 2026 at 02:56:40PM +0000, dylanliu050903 wrote: > 使用 Proton Mail 安全邮箱发送。 > 2026年7月12日 星期日 下午 10:27，Greg Kroah-Hartman 来信： > > You just changed the user/kernel api, right? Are you sure this is ok to > > do? > > I apologize for the oversight; being new to this, I am still learning the > ropes and appreciate your patience. > > You are absolutely right. I acknowledge that changing the sysfs names > directly impacts userspace and violates the "never break userspace" rule. I > will take a step back and adopt a more conservative approach: I plan to keep > the original attribute names as they are to ensure backward compatibility > while introducing the new snake_case names as aliases. > > Would this be an acceptable way to move forward, or would you prefer I handle > this cleanup in a different way? You also should stop sending HTML mails. The driver is in staging and most likely more work is needed. As for this ABI change, it's possible but it needs to be aligned with IIO maintainers and reviewers first to understand why the original driver has it and what will be needed to fulfil the same / similar if driver becomes part of IIO. -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko