Re: DTS question

[David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>]

On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 12:35:39PM +0100, Segher Boessenkool wrote:
>>>> Convention is to use the stock ticker symbol.  If the company is
>>>> private and has no stock ticker symbol, then the company name should
>>>> be used.
>>>
>>> I didn't know that. ADI it is then.
>>
>> Well.. stock ticker is the new convention.  IEEE1275 used IEEE
>> assigned OUI strings (Organization Unique Identifiers).  Often those
>> are the same as the stock ticker, but not always.
>
> Erm, an OUI is a 24-bit number.  I think you're confusing something
> here.

Yes, I think I am.  I somehow had the impression that in addition to
the 24-bit OUIs used in MAC addresses, there were also string-form
OUIs assigned.

>> Stock ticker is a good choice for new things, but for anything from a
>> vendor which has existing 1275 bindings for its products, I think we
>> should keep the original assigned OUI, even if it differs from the
>> stock ticker.
>
> Yes, when there is an existing binding, obviously you should use what
> it says (unless that binding is *completely* broken).  Compatibility
> is good.
>
> Note that a stock symbol needs to be written in uppercase; in lowercase,
> it is just a random name that has no collision protection.

Um.. bit too late for that.  AFAIK, uppercase has been used by
*no-one* for stock ticker derived vendor IDs.

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