Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH/RFC] iio: hi8435: do not enable all events by default | From | Nikita Yushchenko <> | Date | Thu, 25 May 2017 08:47:47 +0300 |
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24.05.2017 22:27, Jonathan Cameron wrote: > On Tue, 23 May 2017 11:08:30 +0300 > Nikita Yushchenko <nikita.yoush@cogentembedded.com> wrote: > >> Having all events enabled by default is misleading. >> Userspace should explicitly enable events they want to receive. >> >> Signed-off-by: Nikita Yushchenko <nikita.yoush@cogentembedded.com> > I agree in principle, but this is a userspace ABI change. Sadly we > can't do it with out risking breaking userspace code... > > One of those we should have caught in review, but now it's there > we can't actually do anything about it unless we are absolutely > sure no one will notice!
I see your point.
Still, isn't there subsystem-level default that all events are disabled by default? If such, then current hi8435 state breaks subsystem-level rules, which is a [userspace-visible] bug. I'm not sure how far should we go in bug compatibility.
One crazy idea could be - make default selectable via device tree (with default set to all-enabled to keep bug-compatibility). But perhaps that's over-reaction.
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