Re: [PATCH v8 2/6] i2c: i801: Use a different adapter-name for IDF adapters

[Andy Shevchenko <andy@kernel.org>]

On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 08:35:09PM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> Hi Andi, Hans, all,
> 
> > > +	/*
> > > +	 * adapter.name is used by platform code to find the main I801 adapter
> > > +	 * to instantiante i2c_clients, do not change.
> > > +	 */
> > >  	snprintf(priv->adapter.name, sizeof(priv->adapter.name),
> > > -		"SMBus I801 adapter at %04lx", priv->smba);
> > > +		 "SMBus %s adapter at %04lx",
> > > +		 (priv->features & FEATURE_IDF) ? "I801 IDF" : "I801",
> > > +		 priv->smba);
> > > +
> > 
> > do you have any comment here?
> 
> I have been scratching my head about this patch for a while. I still
> think that it is quite fragile to base features on this naming. The
> comment above helps, but I still have a bad feeling about it.
> 
> I noticed now that the i801 driver does not use the algo_data field so
> far. Has it been considered to put a flag there?

Hmm... algo_data by the naming seems has to be related to the algorithm,
but AFAIU here we have simply more than one _identical_ adapters. How
is this semantically related?

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko