Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] platform/x86/intel: Introduce Intel Elkhart Lake PSE I/O
From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Fri Oct 31 2025 - 08:49:36 EST
On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 12:59:24PM +0100, Raag Jadav wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 12:02:14PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 10:34:28AM +0100, Raag Jadav wrote:
> > > On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 10:36:19AM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 11:50:49AM +0530, Raag Jadav wrote:
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> > > > > + ret = __auxiliary_device_add(aux_dev, dev->driver->name);
> > > >
> > > > Hmm... Is it okay to use double underscored variant? Only a single driver uses
> > > > this so far... Care to elaborate?
> > >
> > > The regular variant uses KBUILD_MODNAME which comes with 'intel' prefix
> > > after commit df7f9acd8646, and with that we overshoot the max id string
> > > length for leaf drivers.
> >
> > At bare minimum this needs a comment, but I think ideally we need to bump the
> > limit by factor of 2.
>
> Which will probably require a wider discussion, so perhaps let's pursue it
> separately?
Send a patch starting a discussion. Looking at the history of bumping other
cases it's usually well accepted when properly justified. And since it's now
32, bumping to 40 maybe enough for several more years.
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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko