Merge branches 'pm-core', 'pm-qos', 'pm-domains' and 'pm-opp'

[karo-tx-linux.git] / Documentation / hwmon / hwmon-kernel-api.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/hwmon-kernel-api.txt b/Documentation/hwmon/hwmon-kernel-api.txt
index 2505ae67e2b632eed3c4d161d4482c2ec96959ad..53a806696c64923be8fdeb97fb6b474a696f83d2 100644 (file)
--- 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()
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