From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
To: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>, jdelvare@suse.de
Cc: lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
neelegup@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [lm-sensors] [PATCH 2/2] hwmon: (ibmpowernv) Make the driver name more recognisable
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 13:10:52 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <54538A5C.7000204@roeck-us.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1414737923-8227-2-git-send-email-mpe@ellerman.id.au>
On 10/30/2014 11:45 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> Seeing "ibmpowernv" in dmesg is not very useful, that is just the name
> of the platform and doesn't identify the message as coming from the
> hwmon driver.
>
> Change DRVNAME to "powernv-hwmon" to make it clearer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
> ---
> drivers/hwmon/ibmpowernv.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ibmpowernv.c b/drivers/hwmon/ibmpowernv.c
> index 6a30eeea94be..3ee00928cda9 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/ibmpowernv.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/ibmpowernv.c
> @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
> * along with this program.
> */
>
> -#define DRVNAME "ibmpowernv"
> +#define DRVNAME "powernv-hwmon"
> #define pr_fmt(fmt) DRVNAME ": " fmt
>
> #include <linux/init.h>
>
That results in a sensor name that includes "hwmon" and a dash.
The first doesn't make sense, the second is illegal and will be
rejected by the hwmon subsystem.
Nack.
Guenter
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From: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
To: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>, jdelvare@suse.de
Cc: lm-sensors@lm-sensors.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
neelegup@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] hwmon: (ibmpowernv) Make the driver name more recognisable
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 06:10:52 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <54538A5C.7000204@roeck-us.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1414737923-8227-2-git-send-email-mpe@ellerman.id.au>
On 10/30/2014 11:45 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> Seeing "ibmpowernv" in dmesg is not very useful, that is just the name
> of the platform and doesn't identify the message as coming from the
> hwmon driver.
>
> Change DRVNAME to "powernv-hwmon" to make it clearer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
> ---
> drivers/hwmon/ibmpowernv.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ibmpowernv.c b/drivers/hwmon/ibmpowernv.c
> index 6a30eeea94be..3ee00928cda9 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/ibmpowernv.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/ibmpowernv.c
> @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
> * along with this program.
> */
>
> -#define DRVNAME "ibmpowernv"
> +#define DRVNAME "powernv-hwmon"
> #define pr_fmt(fmt) DRVNAME ": " fmt
>
> #include <linux/init.h>
>
That results in a sensor name that includes "hwmon" and a dash.
The first doesn't make sense, the second is illegal and will be
rejected by the hwmon subsystem.
Nack.
Guenter
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-10-31 13:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-10-31 6:45 [lm-sensors] [PATCH 1/2] hwmon: (ibmpowernv) Quieten when probing finds no device Michael Ellerman
2014-10-31 6:45 ` Michael Ellerman
2014-10-31 6:45 ` [lm-sensors] [PATCH 2/2] hwmon: (ibmpowernv) Make the driver name more recognisable Michael Ellerman
2014-10-31 6:45 ` Michael Ellerman
2014-10-31 8:35 ` [lm-sensors] " Jean Delvare
2014-10-31 8:35 ` Jean Delvare
2014-10-31 13:10 ` Guenter Roeck [this message]
2014-10-31 13:10 ` Guenter Roeck
2014-10-31 9:41 ` [lm-sensors] [PATCH 1/2] hwmon: (ibmpowernv) Quieten when probing finds no device Jean Delvare
2014-10-31 9:41 ` Jean Delvare
2014-10-31 13:21 ` [lm-sensors] " Guenter Roeck
2014-10-31 13:21 ` Guenter Roeck
2014-11-01 17:53 ` Neelesh Gupta
2014-11-01 17:58 ` [lm-sensors] " Neelesh Gupta
2014-11-03 16:20 ` Guenter Roeck
2014-11-03 16:20 ` Guenter Roeck
2014-10-31 13:12 ` [lm-sensors] " Guenter Roeck
2014-10-31 13:12 ` Guenter Roeck
2014-10-31 18:12 ` [lm-sensors] " Guenter Roeck
2014-10-31 18:12 ` Guenter Roeck
2014-11-01 17:52 ` [lm-sensors] " Neelesh Gupta
2014-11-01 21:15 ` Guenter Roeck
2014-11-01 21:15 ` Guenter Roeck
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