On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 08:01:36PM +0200, Paul Mundt wrote: > On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 04:34:39PM -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > [PATCH] driver core: Separate platform device name from platform device > > number > > > > Separate platform device name from platform device number such that > > names ending with numbers aren't confusing. > > > This might make sense for devices that end in numbers, but does it really > make sense for devices that don't?
Then fix those drivers to not put the number in there if they don't have one :) > I don't really see how having something like randomfb.0 is intuitive, > this may make sense for things like serial8250 where another 0 would > be misleading without some form of delimiter, but those are the corner > cases and should be treated as such. I don't see the serial8250 driver adding that .0 to it on my machines, does this happen on yours? > It's a bit irritating to have to constantly update userspace code that is > acting under the false pretense that there is some sort of consistent > naming scheme in place that won't change every time some new corner case > crops up. What userspace code are you referring to? thanks, greg k-h - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
