Re: [PATCH] rt2x00: Use ops name instead of device name

[Ivo Van Doorn]

Hi,

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 2:44 PM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-02-22 at 13:34 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
>
>> > 19:   73474106          0   IO-APIC-fasteoi   ata_piix, uhci_hcd:usb6, 0000:05:01.0
>
>> >     rt2x00dev->irq = pci_dev->irq;
>> > -   rt2x00dev->name = pci_name(pci_dev);
>> > +   rt2x00dev->name = ops->name;
>
>
>> But then how can users distinguish the IRQs for multiple devices handled
>> by the same driver?  (Probably unusual for WLAN devices, but still
>> possible.)
>>
>> I assume you can't use a net device name as there may be multiple net
>> devices per bus device?
>
> Honestly, I do not know this code well enough, but this patch seemed to
> solve the problem at hand. Hence I sent it out to the experts hoping
> they either take this patch or come up with a proper solution ;)
>
> In any case, just posting the pci address is not a pretty answer.

I just checked the other wireless drivers, and they all seem to use
the modulename. So I guess your patch is correct. You can add my:

Acked-by: Ivo van Doorn <IvDoorn@xxxxxxxxx>
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