Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] hwmon: (adt7470) Use standard update_interval property

[Chris Packham]

On 31/08/21 3:36 am, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On 8/29/21 2:09 PM, Chris Packham wrote:
>>
>> On 28/08/21 9:29 am, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>>> On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 02:41:21PM +1200, Chris Packham wrote:
>>>> Instead of the non-standard auto_update_interval make use of the
>>>> update_interval property that is supported by the hwmon core.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Chris Packham <chris.packham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>>
>>>> Notes:
>>>>       I kind of anticipate a NAK on this because it affects the 
>>>> ABI. But I figured
>>>>       I'd run it past the ML to see if moving towards the hwmon 
>>>> core is worth the hit
>>>>       in ABI compatibility.
>>> I personally don't mind (most likely no one is using it anyway), but 
>>> let's
>>> wait until after the upcoming commit window closes to give people 
>>> time to
>>> complain.
>>
>> I know of one application using this sysfs entry. But it's our in-house
>> environmental monitoring code so if this gets merged I'll just update it
>> to use the new path.
>>
>> One thought I had was we could do both. i.e. have an entry that conforms
>> to the hwmon core and a backwards compatible entry that just aliases the
>> new path.
>>
> Now you almost convinced me to indeed reject this patch. The idea of 
> the new API
> is to simplify driver code, not to make it more complicated. If we 
> can't simplify
> the code, it is better to leave it alone.
Sold. I agree what I've just suggested is adding more complexity without 
much gain. If something does start to care about having a standard 
update_interval property we could resurrect this.
>
> Guenter