From: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
To: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>
Cc: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>,
linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, Linux I2C <i2c@lm-sensors.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] i2c: Convert all new-style drivers to use module aliasing
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:09:51 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080122110951.6d896b2b@hyperion.delvare> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9e4733910801210850j39b9d51fy706b58ca15805f35@mail.gmail.com>
Hi Jon,
On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:50:13 -0500, Jon Smirl wrote:
> In my version of these patches new style drivers could be loaded with
> both the driver_name/name scheme and the modalias. In these patches
> new style drivers can only be loaded via modalias. Is that what you
> intended? I'm all for making new style driver only use the modalias
> scheme.
Yes, this is what I intended. I see no point in having two ways to
achieve the same result, it makes things more complex, more costly and
possibly confusing.
I would reconsider if someone points out a very good reason to keep both
schemes in parallel.
--
Jean Delvare
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-01-22 10:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-01-21 10:25 [PATCH 0/3] i2c: Use the standard, alias-based device/driver matching scheme Jean Delvare
2008-01-21 10:39 ` [PATCH 1/3] i2c: Add support for device alias names Jean Delvare
2008-01-21 10:41 ` [PATCH 2/3] i2c: Convert all new-style drivers to use module aliasing Jean Delvare
[not found] ` <20080121114139.3aaa111a-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2008-01-21 16:50 ` Jon Smirl
2008-01-21 16:50 ` Jon Smirl
2008-01-22 10:09 ` Jean Delvare [this message]
2008-01-27 18:40 ` David Brownell
2008-01-27 19:21 ` Jon Smirl
2008-04-27 16:56 ` Jean Delvare
[not found] ` <20080121112517.6fe35a89-ig7AzVSIIG7kN2dkZ6Wm7A@public.gmane.org>
2008-01-21 10:43 ` [PATCH 3/3] i2c: Kill the old driver matching scheme Jean Delvare
2008-01-21 10:43 ` Jean Delvare
2008-01-21 10:49 ` [PATCH 0/3] i2c: Use the standard, alias-based device/driver " Rudolf Marek
2008-01-21 10:49 ` [i2c] " Rudolf Marek
2008-01-21 12:34 ` Jean Delvare
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