Re: [PATCH] i2c-piix4: Better bus names

[Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>]

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On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 02:40:33PM +0100, Jean Delvare wrote:
> The I2C bus names are supposed to be stable as they can be used by
> userspace to uniquely identify a specific I2C bus. So restore the
> original names for all legacy (pre-SB800) devices.
> 
> For SB800 devices and later, improve the names. "SDA" refers to the
> serial data pin of each SMBus port, it's an implementation detail the
> user doesn't need to know. Use "port" instead, which is easier to
> understand.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de>
> Cc: Christian Fetzer <fetzer.ch@gmail.com>
> Cc: Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Wolfram Sang <wsa@the-dreams.de>

Changed the subject to "don't regress on bus names" and applied to
for-current, thanks!

Jean, could you use the "i2c: <driver>: <subject>" (check git log for
examples) pattern for your future patches? Thanks!


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