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Hello Sam,

On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 10:08:02AM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 12:30:10AM +0200, Ondřej Jirman wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 11:25:29PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > > Hi Ondrej et al.

...

> > > Would it not be better to have one st7703 driver that suipports both
> > > panels?
> > >
> > > The driver would need dedicated init functions depending on the panel.
> > > But a lot could also be shared.
> > 
> > I guess I can move the code there. 
> In the same process the river should then be renamed to follow other
> sitronix based drivers.
> So the next developer will recognize this and use the correct driver.

Are driver/module names considered kernel ABI? Or is it possible to
change them?

regards,
	o.