Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 22 Feb 2021 14:38:40 +0100 | From | Wolfram Sang <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 3/6] i2c: core: Add a format macro for I2C device names |
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On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 01:07:32PM +0000, Daniel Scally wrote: > Some places in the kernel allow users to map resources to a device > using device name (for example, in the struct gpiod_lookup_table). > Currently this involves waiting for the I2C client to have been registered > so we can use dev_name(&client->dev). We want to add a function to allow > users to refer to an I2C device by name before it has been instantiated, > so create a macro for the format that's accessible outside the I2C layer > and use it in i2c_dev_set_name(). > > Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> > Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@ideasonboard.com> > Reviewed-by: Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@linux.intel.com> > Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> > Signed-off-by: Daniel Scally <djrscally@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa@kernel.org> # for changing I2C core
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