From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6A13C3279B for ; Wed, 4 Jul 2018 12:31:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B58422CA1 for ; Wed, 4 Jul 2018 12:31:41 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 9B58422CA1 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=loewensteinmedical.de Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934614AbeGDMbh (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jul 2018 08:31:37 -0400 Received: from mail.steuer-voss.de ([85.183.69.95]:44652 "EHLO mail.steuer-voss.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934466AbeGDMbg (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jul 2018 08:31:36 -0400 X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mail.steuer-voss.de Received: by mail.steuer-voss.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 20A1A43ADA; Wed, 4 Jul 2018 14:31:32 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.steuer-voss.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C85943117; Wed, 4 Jul 2018 14:31:32 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2018 14:31:32 +0200 (CEST) From: Nikolaus Voss X-X-Sender: nv@fox.voss.local To: Javier Martinez Canillas cc: Javier Martinez Canillas , Andy Shevchenko , Jonathan Cameron , Hartmut Knaack , Lars-Peter Clausen , Peter Meerwald-Stadler , Lorenzo Bianconi , Linus Walleij , Xiongfeng Wang , linux-iio , Linux Kernel Mailing List , nv@vosn.de Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] IIO: st_accel_i2c.c: Use probe_new() instead of probe() In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <82c6f53cfa03f9bc7c0adfc423ae65fc986a1d25.1530599660.git.nikolaus.voss@loewensteinmedical.de> <10258a21-db42-2c4e-91d6-e9227e11f53b@redhat.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.20 (DEB 67 2015-01-07) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 4 Jul 2018, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote: > On Wed, Jul 4, 2018 at 1:46 PM, Nikolaus Voss > wrote: > [snip] > But this discussion isn't really related to your patch. I think is > correct but just said that (b) wasn't a justification to leave the I2C > table, points (a) and (c) are though. I won't really be convinced that > the fallback is the correct thing to do or even a good idea. I didn't want to annoy you, I just wanted to understand why you think fallback is such a bad thing that you call it a bug. And I see, it has its drawbacks ;-). Anyway, thanks for taking the time to clarify this, Niko [snip]