Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 07:43:04PM CEST, and...@lunn.ch wrote: >On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 06:07:26PM +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote: >> From: Jiri Pirko <j...@mellanox.com> >> >> Currently, the name format is not required by the code, however it is >> required during patch review. All params added until now are in-lined >> with the following format: >> 1) lowercase characters, digits and underscored are allowed >> 2) underscore is neither at the beginning nor at the end and >> there is no more than one in a row. >> >> Add checker to the code to require this format from drivers and warn if >> they don't follow. > >Hi Jiri > >Could you add a reference to where these requirements are derived >from. What can go wrong if they are ignored? I assume it is something
Well, no reference. All existing params, both generic and driver specific are following this format. I just wanted to make that required so all params are looking similar. >to do with sysfs? No, why would you think so? > > Andrew
