Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 6 Jul 2013 13:14:32 -0700 | From | Guenter Roeck <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 3/5] hwmon: (ds1621) Convert to use hwmon_device_register_groups |
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On Sat, Jul 06, 2013 at 09:59:57PM +0200, Jean Delvare wrote: > On Sat, 6 Jul 2013 12:48:03 -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote: > > Another option would be to create a class attribute to return the parent driver > > name for spi and i2c devices and otherwise the hwmon driver name. This would > > reduce the amount of code needed in the drivers. Jean, do you see a problem with > > that approach (except that we would have to remove explicit name attributes from > > existing drivers) ? > > A class attribute is what I had in mind in my previous reply. However I > do not understand the "hwmon driver name" in your sentence above.
s/driver/device/
> Device name != driver name. But well I'm sure I'll understand what you > mean as soon as you show us a candidate implementation ;) > Guess so :)
Guenter
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