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diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/hwmon-kernel-api.txt b/Documentation/hwmon/hwmon-kernel-api.txt index 2505ae67e2b6..53a806696c64 100644 --- a/Documentation/hwmon/hwmon-kernel-api.txt +++ b/Documentation/hwmon/hwmon-kernel-api.txt @@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ the call to devm_hwmon_device_register_with_groups or hwmon_device_register_with_info and if the automatic (device managed) removal would be too late. +All supported hwmon device registration functions only accept valid device +names. Device names including invalid characters (whitespace, '*', or '-') +will be rejected. The 'name' parameter is mandatory. + Using devm_hwmon_device_register_with_info() -------------------------------------------- |