From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alessandro Zummo Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH] rtc: rk808: rename rtc-rk808.c to rtc-rk8xx.c Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 14:59:38 +0100 Message-ID: <20160104145938.6c053b5a@linux.lan.towertech.it> References: <1451571295-4193-1-git-send-email-zhangqing@rock-chips.com> <20160104094546.GB32724@piout.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20160104094546.GB32724-m++hUPXGwpdeoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "Linux-rockchip" Errors-To: linux-rockchip-bounces+glpar-linux-rockchip=m.gmane.org-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org To: Alexandre Belloni Cc: huangtao-TNX95d0MmH7DzftRWevZcw@public.gmane.org, heiko-4mtYJXux2i+zQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org, rtc-linux-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org, zhangqing , linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-rockchip-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org, zyw-TNX95d0MmH7DzftRWevZcw@public.gmane.org, lee.jones-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-rockchip.vger.kernel.org On Mon, 4 Jan 2016 10:45:46 +0100 Alexandre Belloni wrote: > I'm not sure it is useful to do that renaming. It is usual to have one > driver that supports multiple chips named with the forst chip it > supported. > > Also, what would happen if for example rk855 is not compatible at all > with the previous implementations? Alexandre is absolutely right. There's no need to rename a driver, it would just piss off people who are used to that name and have it in their scripts. Like when your eth0 gets renamed to some obscure enXXX . -- Best regards, Alessandro Zummo - CEO, Tower Technologies - Torino, Italy http://www.towertech.it