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From: Yong Li <sdliyong@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 11:42:41 +0800
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] iio: tmp006: Set correct iio name
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Thanks for your mails. Is it possible to just merge this patch, then
test if there is any application is using it?  Considering almost all
other I2C devices are using the correct ID name, it should be low
risky

Yong

2016-04-26 23:21 GMT+08:00 Daniel Baluta <daniel.baluta@gmail.com>:
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 4:14 PM, Yong Li <sdliyong@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I am thinking if there is any application is using this incorrect
>> name, the application should be fix too
>
> The rule is: "Don't break the userspace ABI". So, if we got this wrong
> from the beginning we are stuck with this name.
>
> The only thing that can save the situation is to know that there is no
> application relying on the name :).