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SubjectRe: [PATCH] serial: 8250: 8250_core: Use dev_name() during request_irq()
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Hi,

On Wednesday 08 March 2017 06:04 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 08, 2017 at 05:49:43PM +0530, Vignesh R wrote:
>> Passing "serial" as name during request_irq() results in all serial port
>> irqs have same name. This does not help much to easily identify which
>> irq belongs to which serial port instance. Therefore pass dev_name()
>> during request_irq() so that better identifiable name is listed for
>> serial ports in cat /proc/interrupts output.
>>
>> Output of cat /proc/interrupts
>> Before this patch:
>> 26: 689 0 GICv2 309 Edge serial
>> After this patch:
>> 26: 696 0 GICv2 309 Edge 2530c00.serial
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Vignesh R <vigneshr@ti.com>
>
> I need a "full" name here, unless you really do sign legal documents
> with just one letter as a last/sur-name?
>

Its perfectly alright not to expand surname here in India. FWIW, my ID
cards also have the same name.
I have been contributing to the kernel with above Signed-off-by line in
the past and would want to continue to use the same.

--
Regards
Vignesh

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