Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name

From	Yong Li <sdliyong@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name
Date	2016-04-27 05:50 +0200
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Thanks for your mails. Is it possible to just merge this patch, then
test if there is any application is using it?  Considering almost all
other I2C devices are using the correct ID name, it should be low
risky

Yong

2016-04-26 23:21 GMT+08:00 Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@gmail.com>:
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 4:14 PM, Yong Li <sdliyong@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am thinking if there is any application is using this incorrect
>> name, the application should be fix too
>
> The rule is: "Don't break the userspace ABI". So, if we got this wrong
> from the beginning we are stuck with this name.
>
> The only thing that can save the situation is to know that there is no
> application relying on the name :).

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[PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name Yong Li <sdliyong@gmail.com> - 2016-04-22 05:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org> - 2016-04-25 21:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name Crestez Dan Leonard <cdleonard@gmail.com> - 2016-04-25 23:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org> - 2016-04-25 23:20 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de> - 2016-04-26 13:00 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name Yong Li <sdliyong@gmail.com> - 2016-04-26 13:50 +0200
            Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de> - 2016-04-26 14:10 +0200
              Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name Yong Li <sdliyong@gmail.com> - 2016-04-26 15:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@gmail.com> - 2016-04-26 17:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name Yong Li <sdliyong@gmail.com> - 2016-04-27 05:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name Crestez Dan Leonard <leonard.crestez@intel.com> - 2016-04-27 19:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de> - 2016-04-28 10:30 +0200

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