Re: [PATCH v4 06/13] iio: dac: ds4424: use device match data for chip info

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Tue, Feb 03, 2026 at 01:00:02PM +0100, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 03, 2026 at 01:51:23PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 03, 2026 at 11:17:42AM +0100, Oleksij Rempel wrote:
> > > On Tue, Feb 03, 2026 at 12:03:23PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Feb 03, 2026 at 10:34:26AM +0100, Oleksij Rempel wrote:

...

> > > > > -	indio_dev->name = id->name;
> > > > 
> > > > > +	indio_dev->name = client->name;
> > > > 
> > > > Isn't this an ABI breakage?
> > > 
> > > I can't confirm it.
> > > 
> > > before all patches:
> > > root@DistroKit:~ cat /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:device3/name 
> > > ds4424
> > > 
> > > after:
> > > root@DistroKit:~ cat /sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:device3/name 
> > > ds4424
> > 
> > In ACPI case it might look differently, but I have no means to test this.
> > 
> > id->name comes strictly from an i2c table, while client->name is constructed
> > using specifics of the firmware enumeration. In DT due to some (historical?)
> > reasons the client->name has no vendor substring and hence matches 1:1 to
> > id->name. In ACPI, IIRC, the client->name is ACPI device instance name,
> > something like ABCD0123:00.
> 
> Ok, I see. Should I revert this line?

Just do not introduce that change (change of the ->name field) in the original
patch, in that case no revert churn would be needed.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko