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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] hwmon: (nct6775) Implement custom lock by ACPI mutex.
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> Two drivers with the same functionality ? What would be the benefit of that ?
> Why not drop the current one entirely instead ?

Exactly that: I want to replace the WMI one with the new one, which
relies on ACPI lock and directly talks to the EC, and I want to keep
the driver name unchanged. Thus asking to rename the WMI driver before
the 5.16 release.