From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mailhost.informatik.uni-hamburg.de ([134.100.9.70]:35030 "EHLO mailhost.informatik.uni-hamburg.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752126Ab3ALRNJ (ORCPT ); Sat, 12 Jan 2013 12:13:09 -0500 Message-ID: <50F199F7.7020600@metafoo.de> Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2013 18:14:31 +0100 From: Lars-Peter Clausen MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alessandro Rubini CC: christophe.leroy@c-s.fr, jic23@cam.ac.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-iio@vger.kernel.org, patrick.vasseur@c-s.fr Subject: Re: [PATCH] IIO ADC support for AD7923 References: <201301080842.r088gKWO031124@localhost.localdomain> <20130108091414.GA28404@mail.gnudd.com> In-Reply-To: <20130108091414.GA28404@mail.gnudd.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-iio-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-iio@vger.kernel.org On 01/08/2013 10:14 AM, Alessandro Rubini wrote: >> +config AD7923 > > I wonder if IIO config symbols should have IIO_ in their name, so > people looking at config files knows what they actually are. > Actually, all USB drivers have USB in their config name, which is > useful even if e.g. "PL2303" cannot be but USB. > > On the other hand, AD7923 and all the others can well be driven by > something else than IIO, even if currently this is the only mainstream > option. No, IIO is and should be the only option for these devices. We really don't want to drivers for the same device in different subsystems of the kernel. The other argument is still valid though. > Here comedi made the right choice, and all their symbols are > in the CONFIG_COMEDI_ name space. - lars