Re: [PATCH v1 0/2] hwmon: introduce hwmon_sanitize()

Guenter Roeck
2022-03-28T16:51:00Z

On 3/28/22 05:56, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>> I'm not sure how to handle this correctly, as this touches both the
>> network tree and the hwmon tree. Also, the GPY PHY temperature senors
>> driver would use it.
>
> There are a few options:
>
> 1) Get the hwmon_sanitize_name() merged into hwmon, ask for a stable
> branch, and get it merged into netdev net-next.
>
> 2) Have the hwmon maintainers ACK the change and agree that it can be
> merged via netdev.
>
> Probably the second option is easiest, and since it is not touching
> the core of hwmon, it is unlikely to cause merge conflicts.
>

No, it isn't the easiest solution because it also modifies a hwmon
driver to use it.

Guenter