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From: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
To: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
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On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 09:27:24AM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> now just to forestall possible predictable bikeshedding on the devicetree
> list before it happens:
> 
> On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 9:06 AM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> wrote:
> 
> > +RedBoot FLASH Image System (FIS) Partitions
> 
> This expansion of the acronym including using capital letters in
> FLASH comes from the eCOS source code for RedBoot:
> https://sourceware.org/viewvc/ecos/packages/redboot/current/src/flash.c?view=markup
> 
> > +- compatible : (required) must be "redboot-fis"
> 
> There is no vendor here because the source code was owned by
> Cygnus Solutions, Redhat and now Free Software Foundation.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECos
> 
> We have no (AFAICT) policy for whether stuff that just change vendor
> all the time should be named after the inventing (first) company "cygnus,*",
> current owner "fsf,*" or the one that made most changes to the source
> code "redhat,*". I do not think we should care, and just name it
> "redboot-fis" for it's historical value and widespread acceptance so this
> is a conscious naming scheme.
> 
> If one of the OF maintainers says they want it a certain way I will change
> it without discussion, I just want this supported.

It's all fine for me.

I was only going to comment is Redboot still a thing? :)

Rob