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Date:   Wed, 30 Mar 2022 15:58:28 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] hwmon: introduce hwmon_sanitize_name()
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> So why not error the request to created the hwmon device with
> an invalid name.
> The name supplied will soon get fixed - since it is a literal
> string in the calling driver.

It is often not a literal string in the driver, but something based on
the DT description of the hardware.

    Andrew