From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.lst.de (verein.lst.de [213.95.11.210]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF886679E9 for ; Tue, 24 Oct 2006 01:53:17 +1000 (EST) Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:52:57 +0200 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Matt Sealey Subject: Re: [PATCH] General CHRP/MPC5K2 Platform and drivers support - to comment Message-ID: <20061023155257.GC15028@lst.de> References: <453771E5.4090808@bplan-gmbh.de> <77AD49CA-69CB-4ADA-B8F3-3BC3A066BCF9@kernel.crashing.org> <453884F5.4000804@bplan-gmbh.de> <122A4E06-B8A6-4256-B96E-3811EA93EA25@kernel.crashing.org> <453B6A84.3050209@bplan-gmbh.de> <1161585371.10524.444.camel@localhost.localdomain> <453CD615.4050401@genesi-usa.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <453CD615.4050401@genesi-usa.com> Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 04:47:49PM +0200, Matt Sealey wrote: > Curious question. > > What are you guys going to do when the PowerPC name is defunct? > > Like, last month :) > > Power Architecture is where it is at. The trademark is even going to > lapse. It's a bit too late for the ppc->powerpc tree breakout now, > but wouldn't it just confuse people to be using a "Power Architecture" > processor or SoC of some type, using collections of definitions from > the Power ISA 2.03 and have this "powerpc" thing pop up? Who the f***k cares. We've always given a chip what the newspeak party line of the days is, and we will here aswell. If the IBM/Mot/PowerYodda overlords are unhappy with that it's their problem, not ours.