Re: [RFC PATCH 3/5] hwmon: (ds1621) Convert to use hwmon_device_register_groups

[Jean Delvare]

On Sat, 6 Jul 2013 12:48:03 -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> Another option would be to create a class attribute to return the parent driver
> name for spi and i2c devices and otherwise the hwmon driver name. This would
> reduce the amount of code needed in the drivers. Jean, do you see a problem with
> that approach (except that we would have to remove explicit name attributes from
> existing drivers) ?

A class attribute is what I had in mind in my previous reply. However I
do not understand the "hwmon driver name" in your sentence above.
Device name != driver name. But well I'm sure I'll understand what you
mean as soon as you show us a candidate implementation ;)

-- 
Jean Delvare
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