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From: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
Subject: Re: OFW node names 
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:11:55 +0200
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> Does any platform known to use yaboot (or grub for that matter) use  
> the
> preferred encoding of the manufacturer portion of the name property?
> How about the "ONNNNN" OUI from the RAC, or the uppercase VWXYZ  
> company stock symbol?

Apple sometimes uses AAPL.  Never seen the ONNNNNN thing.

> My view has been limited to the IBM platform.  According to the
> examples, this is a recommended practice.  I know IBM uses the
> lowercase variant.

Which _is_ allowed, although discouraged.


Segher