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Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 0/2] hwmon: introduce hwmon_sanitize()
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To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>, Michael Walle <michael@walle.cc>
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On 3/28/22 05:56, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>> I'm not sure how to handle this correctly, as this touches both the
>> network tree and the hwmon tree. Also, the GPY PHY temperature senors
>> driver would use it.
> 
> There are a few options:
> 
> 1) Get the hwmon_sanitize_name() merged into hwmon, ask for a stable
> branch, and get it merged into netdev net-next.
> 
> 2) Have the hwmon maintainers ACK the change and agree that it can be
> merged via netdev.
> 
> Probably the second option is easiest, and since it is not touching
> the core of hwmon, it is unlikely to cause merge conflicts.
> 

No, it isn't the easiest solution because it also modifies a hwmon
driver to use it.

Guenter