From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Russell King - ARM Linux Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 4/6] Documentation: DT: PL011: hi6220: add compatible string for Hisilicon designed UART Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 10:43:06 +0100 Message-ID: <20150602094305.GA2067@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <1432950661-23060-1-git-send-email-bintian.wang@huawei.com> <1432950661-23060-5-git-send-email-bintian.wang@huawei.com> <556D73B6.4090608@arm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <556D73B6.4090608-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org> Sender: devicetree-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Marc Zyngier Cc: Linus Walleij , Bintian Wang , Mark Rutland , "dan.zhao-C8/M+/jPZTeaMJb+Lgu22Q@public.gmane.org" , Catalin Marinas , "wangbinghui-C8/M+/jPZTeaMJb+Lgu22Q@public.gmane.org" , Will Deacon , "huxinwei-hv44wF8Li93QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org" , Haojian Zhuang , "yanhaifeng-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org" , "rob.herring-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org" , Mike Turquette , Arnd Bergmann , "wangbintian-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org" , Kevin Hilman , "victor.lixin-C8/M+/jPZTeaMJb+Lgu22Q@public.gmane.org" , Xu Wei , Jaehoon Chung , "sledge.yanwei-hv44wF8Li93QT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org" , XinWei Kong List-Id: devicetree@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jun 02, 2015 at 10:13:26AM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote: > That feels weird. This amba_vendor enum is not under control of the DT > author, nor the kernel. This is a set of codes that are managed by a > third party (probably ARM). What if some company with a name starting > with 'H' (Hilarious Inc?) comes up with some actual HW and ends up > conflicting with the above? Presumably, HiSilicon have their own vendor code already, which presumably would be required for them to have a license to modify ARM IP. -- FTTC broadband for 0.8mile line: currently at 10.5Mbps down 400kbps up according to speedtest.net. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html