Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 25 Mar 2005 10:10:14 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] driver core: Separate platform device name from platform device number |
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On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 08:01:36PM +0200, Paul Mundt wrote: > On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 04:34:39PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > [PATCH] driver core: Separate platform device name from platform device number > > > > Separate platform device name from platform device number such that > > names ending with numbers aren't confusing. > > > This might make sense for devices that end in numbers, but does it really > make sense for devices that don't?
Then fix those drivers to not put the number in there if they don't have one :)
> I don't really see how having something like randomfb.0 is intuitive, > this may make sense for things like serial8250 where another 0 would > be misleading without some form of delimiter, but those are the corner > cases and should be treated as such.
I don't see the serial8250 driver adding that .0 to it on my machines, does this happen on yours?
> It's a bit irritating to have to constantly update userspace code that is > acting under the false pretense that there is some sort of consistent > naming scheme in place that won't change every time some new corner case > crops up.
What userspace code are you referring to?
thanks,
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