Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] drivers: hwmon: Add W83773G driver

[Lei YU]

On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 1:59 AM, Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 08, 2017 at 02:03:34PM +0800, Lei YU wrote:
>> On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 10:33 PM, Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On 11/07/2017 12:27 AM, Lei YU wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Nuvoton W83773G is a hardware monitor IC providing one local
>> >> temperature and two remote temperature sensors.
>> >>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Lei YU <mine260309@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >> ---
>> >> v2:
>> >>   - Rewrite the driver using regmap
>> >>   - Add offset and update_interval
> [ ... ]
>
>> >> +       hwmon_dev = devm_hwmon_device_register_with_groups(dev,
>> >> client->name,
>> >> +                                                     regmap,
>> >> w83773g_groups);
>> >
>> >
>> > You lost me here. Why did you stop using the new API ?
>>
>> I was referencing some other hwmon driver (e.g. tmp401.c) and find out
>> the usage of SENSOR_DEVICE_ATTR, which I feel more clear and straightforward.
>>
>
> The new API is supposed to replace the old API to make it independent from
> sysfs and to simplify the actual driver code. On a driver like this, using
> the new API should reduce code and data size by 30% or more.
>
> If you find the new API to be less clear and less straigtforward to use than
> the old API, we need to improve it. Do you have any suggestions ?
>

Thanks for the explanation.
I have sent the v3 patch using the new API.
And I do compare the binary size and it is smaller with the new API, great!

> Thanks,
> Guenter