From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tomasz Figa Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/14] Support 64bit Cortex A57 based Exynos7 SoC Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 12:57:40 +0200 Message-ID: <54142324.600@gmail.com> References: <1409132660-1898-1-git-send-email-ch.naveen@samsung.com> <53FDC25A.2010806@samsung.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mail-wi0-f169.google.com ([209.85.212.169]:39254 "EHLO mail-wi0-f169.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750944AbaIMK5p (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Sep 2014 06:57:45 -0400 In-Reply-To: <53FDC25A.2010806@samsung.com> Sender: linux-samsung-soc-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-samsung-soc@vger.kernel.org To: Naveen Krishna Chatradhi , catalin.marinas@arm.com Cc: naveenkrishna.ch@gmail.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-samsung-soc@vger.kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org, cpgs@samsung.com On 27.08.2014 13:34, Tomasz Figa wrote: > Hi Naveen, > > On 27.08.2014 11:44, Naveen Krishna Chatradhi wrote: >> This patchset supports new Exynos7 Samsung SoC based on Cortex-A57. >> Exynos7 is a System-On-Chip (SoC) that is based on 64-bit >> ARMv8 RISC processor. > > A general issue with this series is that it introduces a very generic > name for a very specific single SoC. We remember exactly the same cases > for Exynos4 (original name used for Exynos5250) and Exynos5 (Exynos5250) > and we should have learned that it is better to use a specific name > first and only then try to make things common if it turns out to be > appropriate. Any comments on this? From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tomasz.figa@gmail.com (Tomasz Figa) Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 12:57:40 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 00/14] Support 64bit Cortex A57 based Exynos7 SoC In-Reply-To: <53FDC25A.2010806@samsung.com> References: <1409132660-1898-1-git-send-email-ch.naveen@samsung.com> <53FDC25A.2010806@samsung.com> Message-ID: <54142324.600@gmail.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On 27.08.2014 13:34, Tomasz Figa wrote: > Hi Naveen, > > On 27.08.2014 11:44, Naveen Krishna Chatradhi wrote: >> This patchset supports new Exynos7 Samsung SoC based on Cortex-A57. >> Exynos7 is a System-On-Chip (SoC) that is based on 64-bit >> ARMv8 RISC processor. > > A general issue with this series is that it introduces a very generic > name for a very specific single SoC. We remember exactly the same cases > for Exynos4 (original name used for Exynos5250) and Exynos5 (Exynos5250) > and we should have learned that it is better to use a specific name > first and only then try to make things common if it turns out to be > appropriate. Any comments on this?