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From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Chris Healy <cphealy@gmail.com>
Cc: Andrey Smirnov <andrew.smirnov@gmail.com>,
	Shawn Guo <shawnguo@kernel.org>,
	devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@nxp.com>,
	linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: dts: vf610: Add ZII SSMB SPU3 board
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 17:20:35 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180717152035.GD16320@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFXsbZpKyLjp0bO7MVR5StKf=3UkXUANydhM+8_13G3itRmE+Q@mail.gmail.com>

> >> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/vf610-zii-ssmb-spu3.dts
> >> @@ -0,0 +1,343 @@
> >> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR MIT)
> >> +
> >> +/*
> >> + * Device tree file for ZII's SSMB SPU3 board
> >> + *
> >> + * SSMB - SPU3 Switch Management Board
> >> + * SPU - Seat Power Unit
> >
> > I think this is the first Zodiac board with mutually recursive
> > acronyms.
> >
> > Probably a question for Chris: Does SSMB specifically refer to version
> > 3 of the SPU?
> >
> >    Andrew
> 
> SPU3 is the third generation of seat power unit.
> SSMB is the SPU3 Switch Management Board.
> 
> So, SSMB is a backronym.  This naming scheme breaks down a bit though
> when follow on designs (that are not the SPU3) also use the SSMB, but
> that's what it is... ;-)

O.K, i was just wondering if the 3 was in the wrong place. More
logically, it would be

* SSMB - SPU Switch Management Board
* SPU 3 - Seat Power Unit, version 3.

But you are saying the Marketing guys messed up the naming and
engineering is now stuck with it.

	    Andrew

  reply	other threads:[~2018-07-17 15:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-07-17  4:06 [PATCH] ARM: dts: vf610: Add ZII SSMB SPU3 board Andrey Smirnov
2018-07-17 14:46 ` Andrew Lunn
2018-07-17 14:55   ` Chris Healy
2018-07-17 15:20     ` Andrew Lunn [this message]
2018-07-17 15:22       ` Chris Healy
2018-07-17 15:08 ` Chris Healy
2018-07-18 22:50 ` Fabio Estevam
2018-07-19  0:51   ` Andrey Smirnov
2018-07-19  0:52     ` Fabio Estevam
2018-07-19  2:40 ` Shawn Guo

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