Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 8 Mar 2017 13:34:17 +0100 | From | Greg Kroah-Hartman <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] serial: 8250: 8250_core: Use dev_name() during request_irq() |
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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?
thanks,
greg k-h
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