From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from xyzzy.farnsworth.org (xyzzy.farnsworth.org [65.39.95.219]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2A2C9DE2D6 for ; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 11:00:57 +1100 (EST) Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:00:47 -0700 From: Dale Farnsworth To: Grant Likely Message-ID: <20080329000047.GA31116@farnsworth.org> References: <20080328233954.GA29499@farnsworth.org> <20080328234241.GA30214@farnsworth.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] [POWERPC] mv64x60: change FDT compatible prefix to mrvl Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, paulus@samba.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 05:47:25PM -0600, Grant Likely wrote: > On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 5:42 PM, Dale Farnsworth wrote: > > From: Dale Farnsworth > > > > Follow the convention that compatible names are prefixed by the > > vendor's stock ticker symbol. For Marvell Technology Group Ltd., > > that's MRVL. > > > > Signed-off-by: Dale Farnsworth > > Acked-by: Mark A. Greer > > Are there any boards "in the wild" using the old string? If so are > does changing this string risk complicating upgrades to a new kernel > version? I don't think this complicates things much, since all these boards boot a dtbImage, with an embedded dtb file built from the kernel source. So the dts and code don't have much opportunity to get out of sync. -Dale