Hello,

On Tue, Jan 04, 2022 at 03:58:55PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 03, 2022 at 01:14:54PM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> > If we really want to support a count, I request that all drivers that
> > don't support it get updated to refuse a request with count != 0.
> 
> Hmm... Not sure it worth it, perhaps taking into account above the -1
> (in unsigned type) returned on ->get_state() can suffice as not supporting
> feature?

In my eyes that's a bad idea. You have to touch most drivers anyhow to
set the -1. So the outcome is the worst possible combination: Many
changes and still much implicit logic distributed between the drivers
and the core about what is supported and what not.

(Or you have to initialize .count = -1 before calling the get_state
callback. Then you get rid of "have to touch most drivers". But that's
still ugly IMO.)

Best regards
Uwe

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