Re: [PATCH 04/23 v6] Input: atmel_mxt_ts - warn if sysfs could notbe created

[Henrik Rydberg]

On Thu, Jul 05, 2012 at 10:22:30AM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:
> Hi Daniel, Henrik,
> 
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 09:08:05PM +0800, Daniel Kurtz wrote:
> > If sysfs entry creation fails, the driver is still usable, so don't
> > just abort probe.  Just warn and continue.
> > 
> 
> I understand that I am a bit late to the party :) but I do not agree
> with this change. Failure to create attributes is not sometihng that
> user could cause (at least not easily) and thus would not be a setup
> issue but something more severe. I believe we should fail loading the
> driver so sysfs attribute breakage will be noticed as soon as possible,
> instead of discovering it much much later in the process.
> 
> So I think we should revert this one.

Ok, I agree. Applied and pushed.

Daniel, I should probably have asked this before: what was the reason
for this patch in the first place?

Thanks,
Henrik
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