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Re: [PATCH v2] Input: tsc2005 - Add support for tsc2004

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On Tuesday 27 October 2015 23:12:58 Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> > Yes it does.
> > 
> > I have been told that using wildcard names is bad in other subsystems.
> > Perhaps tsc200x-core.c should be called something else because it has
> > nothing to do with the tsc2007 but it is covered by the wildcard.
> > 
> > You you think this is a big deal?
> 
> No I do not.

To clarify: using wildcards in DT bindings is bad, because that is
the only way to clearly identify small differences between related
devices there. In file names or identifiers in the kernel, there is
no problem.

	Arnd
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[PATCH] Input: tsc2005 - Add support for tsc2004 Michael Welling <mwelling@ieee.org> - 2015-10-27 21:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] Input: tsc2005 - Add support for tsc2004 Michael Welling <mwelling@ieee.org> - 2015-10-27 21:50 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] Input: tsc2005 - Add support for tsc2004 kbuild test robot <lkp@intel.com> - 2015-10-28 00:40 +0100
    [PATCH v2] Input: tsc2005 - Add support for tsc2004 Michael Welling <mwelling@ieee.org> - 2015-10-28 01:20 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v2] Input: tsc2005 - Add support for tsc2004 Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> - 2015-10-28 03:00 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v2] Input: tsc2005 - Add support for tsc2004 Michael Welling <mwelling@ieee.org> - 2015-10-28 06:30 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v2] Input: tsc2005 - Add support for tsc2004 Michael Welling <mwelling@ieee.org> - 2015-10-28 06:50 +0100
            Re: [PATCH v2] Input: tsc2005 - Add support for tsc2004 Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> - 2015-10-28 07:20 +0100
              Re: [PATCH v2] Input: tsc2005 - Add support for tsc2004 Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2015-10-30 14:00 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v2] Input: tsc2005 - Add support for tsc2004 Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> - 2015-10-28 06:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v2] Input: tsc2005 - Add support for tsc2004 kbuild test robot <lkp@intel.com> - 2015-10-28 05:40 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v2] Input: tsc2005 - Add support for tsc2004 Michael Welling <mwelling@ieee.org> - 2015-10-28 06:40 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v2] Input: tsc2005 - Add support for tsc2004 Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> - 2015-10-28 06:50 +0100

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