Re[4]: [PATCH 1/2] hwmon: mc13783-adc: Refactor source to indicate various mc13xxx chips

Alexander Shiyan
2013-06-05T11:43:07Z

> On Wednesday 05 June 2013, Alexander Shiyan wrote:
> > Well, let's leave the kconfig symbol as is. But about the rest, that mc13783_*
> > symbols in the log (debug) will say a developer who does not know about
> > mc13892 compatibility with mc13783? I still believe that this should be reflected.
>
> If the log messages use dev_printk, they will use the correct device name already,
> if not, that can be fixed.
>
> I agree with Jean: we don't just rename things unless there is a significant
> benefit, which I don't see here. There is also the risk that we need to support
> a different chip named mc13xxx in the future that is different enough to require
> a new driver and then the naming is even more screwed up.

It is a pity that the revision and updating of the code of this driver died.
Well, lets drop thesepatches.
Thanks.

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