From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Vineet Gupta Subject: Re: [RFC Patch v1 00/31] Synopsys ARC Linux kernel Port Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2013 18:02:55 +0530 Message-ID: <50FA9277.8030509@synopsys.com> References: <1352281674-2186-1-git-send-email-vgupta@synopsys.com> <20121120134737.GB8111@elf.ucw.cz> <20121120135901.GA9227@elf.ucw.cz> <50AB9116.3090401@synopsys.com> <20130118194631.GA5119@amd.pavel.ucw.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from us02smtp2.synopsys.com ([198.182.60.77]:52239 "EHLO alvesta.synopsys.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751414Ab3ASMdL (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Jan 2013 07:33:11 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20130118194631.GA5119@amd.pavel.ucw.cz> Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Pavel Machek Cc: Vineet Gupta , linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de, arnd@arndb.de On Saturday 19 January 2013 01:16 AM, Pavel Machek wrote: > On Tue 2012-11-20 19:47:58, Vineet Gupta wrote: >> On Tuesday 20 November 2012 07:29 PM, Pavel Machek wrote: >>> On Tue 2012-11-20 14:47:37, Pavel Machek wrote: >>>> Hi! >>>> >>>>> https://raw.github.com/vineetgarc/publish/master/ELCE-2012-ARC-Linux.pdf >>>>> >>>>> All comments/criticisms are welcome ! >>>> Huh. arch/arc is very similar to arch/arm. So similar that it took me >>>> 10 minutes to figure out. I guess theres no alternate name arc could >>>> use? >>> Hmm... "Advanced Risc"... :-(. >>> >>> Ok, plus there's already computing standard called "arc". >>> >>> https://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/ARC >>> >>> What about calling the architecture "sarc" or "syarc" ? >> I think it would be best use of everybody's time if you could focus on >> the technical content of the port rather than the name. It has been like >> that for +10 years and I don't intend to make the kernel port name >> different from THE arch name itself. > Yeah, and it is best use of reviewers time to confuse them with > one-letter difference to very popular architecture... and use three > letter acronym that was already taken. > > In this state, I hope your port never gets merged. Yes, I got used to > do cd a/ar. > Pavel Although I really don't want to spend time arguing with you but still ...... if you had a neighbor with same name as your friend your strategy most likely would be to force one of them to change names - kind of seems funny and stupid. Having said that, despite all the ranting so far, you've not managed to comment on a single line of the actual code, which is more funny and stupid. So please stop blathering and do some constructive work. I won't go around asking ARC name to be changed because someone's Tab completion doesn't work anymore. And I'm sorry dude, that alone won't prevent the port from being merged. -Vineet