RE: [PATCH v2 09/14] platform/x86: dell-smbios: rename to dell-wmi-smbios

From: Mario.Limonciello
Date: Tue Sep 26 2017 - 16:19:01 EST


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> From: Pali RohÃr [mailto:pali.rohar@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2017 4:06 PM
> To: Limonciello, Mario <Mario_Limonciello@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: dvhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>;
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 09/14] platform/x86: dell-smbios: rename to dell-wmi-
> smbios
>
> On Tuesday 26 September 2017 20:50:07 Mario Limonciello wrote:
> > This follows the style of the rest of the platform x86 WMI drivers.
> >
> > Renaming the driver requires adjusting the other drivers using
> > dell-smbios to pick up the newly named includes.
> >
> > While renaming, I noticed that this driver was missing from
> > MAINTAINERS. Add it to that and myself to the list of people
> > maintaing it.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxxx>
>
> Now when driver supports both old and new WMI call interface, I think
> that renaming is not needed...
>

So all other drivers that use WMI have "WMI" in the name, this would be
breaking previously set precedence. Daren, Andy, what would you like
me to do?