Re: [PATCH v2] HID: add ThingM blink(1) USB RGB LED support

From: Vivien Didelot
Date: Tue Jan 22 2013 - 09:15:16 EST



> > The vendor's name is "ThingM" and the product's name is "blink(1)",
> > not "blink".
> > Given that, would you prefer to keep "blink(1)::1234", or would it
> > rather be
> > "thingm-blink1::1234" (avoiding parenthesis)?
> >
> > I ask the same question for the driver name, which is actually
> > "blink(1)".
>
> Actually, for HID bus drivers, we are mostly following the convention
> of
> having just the vendor name in the driver, see hid-microsoft,
> hid-logitech, etc.
>
> So it'd make most sense to me to name the driver hid-thingm, and in
> case
> it is driving blink(1) device (no other devices will be driven by it
> currently), let it create /sys/class/leds/blink1...

Ok, makes sense to me!

Thanks,
Vivien
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