Re: [PATCH v3 11/14] serial: sc16is7xx: use KBUILD_MODNAME

[Hugo Villeneuve]

On Thu, 30 Oct 2025 11:35:00 +0100
Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 10:29:53AM -0400, Hugo Villeneuve wrote:
> > 
> > There is no need to redefine the driver name. Use KBUILD_MODNAME and get
> > rid of DRV_NAME altogether.
> 
> Actually I am slightly against this change. The modname (and hence modalias)
> are parts of an ABI (visible via sysfs). Changing the module name (file name
> in this case) may inadvertently break this. Yes, it most likely not critical
> in this case, but should be taken into account.

Hi Andy,
thank you for pointing that out. It didn't occur to me that this could
impact the sysfs ABI.

Hugo.