Re: [PATCH 3/3] of: Add Panasonic Corporation vendor prefix

[Thierry Reding <thierry.reding-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

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On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 12:21:05PM +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 10:30:29AM +0100, Thierry Reding wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 10:17:29AM +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> > > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 09:51:54AM +0100, Thierry Reding wrote:
> > > > Panasonic is listed as PC on the stock exchange, so use that as the
> > > > vendor prefix.
> > > 
> > > As I suspect this is going to lead to confusion, and there don't seem to
> > > be any bindings using this yet, I'd prefer "panasonic" as the vendor
> > > prefix.
> > 
> > There was some discussion a few months back where it was recommended to
> > use the stock symbols for vendor prefixes where one existed. According
> > to this[0], the symbol for Panasonic Corporation is "PC".
> 
> From discussions I recall, either stock timers or full names are fine,
> as long as they didn't change over time there was no real preference. I
> do not recall a preference for stock ticker names, but perhaps I missed
> something?
> 
> My only concern here is that "pc" may get abused elsewhere in bindings
> as a prefix, and may lead to general confusion due to other meanings for
> "pc". As "panasonic" is clear to any reader without looking in
> vendor-prefixes.txt, and there are no panasonic device bidnings using
> "pc" as a prefix, I think that "panasonic" is preferable as a vendor
> prefix.

Alright, "panasonic" it is.

Thierry

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