From: Wolfram Sang <w.sang-bIcnvbaLZ9MEGnE8C9+IrQ@public.gmane.org>
To: "Michele De Candia (VT)"
<michele.decandia-EZxuzQJkuwwybS5Ee8rs3A@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Jean Delvare <khali-PUYAD+kWke1g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org>,
Linux I2C <linux-i2c-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] TSL2550: extended mode bugfix
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 18:00:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090805160006.GC3148@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4A79AAF5.9000702-EZxuzQJkuwwybS5Ee8rs3A@public.gmane.org>
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> About the name of 'operating_mode' field, I think it can be changed in
> 'extended_mode' as Wolfram Sang has suggested.
> What do you think about it?
Nope, because it is exported to userspace via sysfs, this is not possible.
There may be already software depending on this name. And to have internally
one name and externally another won't help reducing the confusion :) Having an
extra comment as Jean suggested is the way to go.
Regards,
Wolfram
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-08-05 15:08 [PATCH] TSL2550: extended mode bugfix Michele De Candia (VT)
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2009-08-05 15:14 ` Jean Delvare
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2009-08-05 15:22 ` Wolfram Sang
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[not found] ` <4A79AAF5.9000702-EZxuzQJkuwwybS5Ee8rs3A@public.gmane.org>
2009-08-05 16:00 ` Wolfram Sang [this message]
2009-11-09 16:33 ` Jean Delvare
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