Re: [PATCH 1/2] iio: core: Support removing extended name in attribute filename

[Jonathan Cameron]

On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 15:58:51 +0300
Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 3:47 PM Paul Cercueil <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > By default, when a channel has an extended name, it will appear in the
> > filename of channel attributes. E.g. if the extended name is "aux", the
> > filename of a "sample_rate" attribute will be something like:
> > in_voltage0_aux_sample_rate
> >
> > Add a mechanism to disable this feature. This will be used to add a
> > "extended_name" channel attribute.  
> 
> I'm afraid, NAK. Otherwise, please put an explanation that clearly
> shows that it will be no ABI breakage.
> I.o.w. users for the existing drivers and devices will always get
> those attributes at the same platform configuration(s).
> 

What Andy said.  This was a bad design decision a long time back, but
we are stuck with it.

We have the _label attribute today that is the preferred route forwards
for new drivers but we can't touch the old ones however annoying it might
be.

Jonathan