Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] hwmon: introduce hwmon_sanitize_name()

From: Andrew Lunn <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2022 15:58:28 +0200

> So why not error the request to created the hwmon device with
> an invalid name.
> The name supplied will soon get fixed - since it is a literal
> string in the calling driver.

It is often not a literal string in the driver, but something based on
the DT description of the hardware.

    Andrew