From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dmitry Torokhov Subject: Re: [PATCH] input: joystick: Adding Austria Microsystem AS5011 joystick driver Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 00:19:00 -0800 Message-ID: <20101127081900.GE28667@core.coreip.homeip.net> References: <4CEBED7E.7010101@armadeus.com> <20101124195523.GF27368@core.coreip.homeip.net> <4CEE3632.6020502@armadeus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mail-iw0-f174.google.com ([209.85.214.174]:41252 "EHLO mail-iw0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751076Ab0K0ITH (ORCPT ); Sat, 27 Nov 2010 03:19:07 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4CEE3632.6020502@armadeus.com> Sender: linux-input-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-input@vger.kernel.org To: Fabien Marteau Cc: Scott Moreau , linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 11:10:58AM +0100, Fabien Marteau wrote: > > > > Just why does it have to be separately allocated? I'd even stick with > > "as5011" for all IRQ names. > > I thought that irq name should be different for each IRQ used under device and > for each device used in system. I can use the same irq name if I've got several > as5011 joystick in the same system ? No, it's just a tag shown in /proc/interrupts and a few other places. Simply a driver name would work splendidly. Thanks. -- Dmitry