From: Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Dale Farnsworth <dale@farnsworth.org>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, paulus@samba.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9 v2] powerpc: change FDT compatible prefix to mrvl
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 22:49:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7b4fa46820f05cd088680ed3eb521ad6@kernel.crashing.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080407183817.GB7438@farnsworth.org>
> Follow the convention that compatible names are prefixed by the
> vendor's stock ticker symbol. For Marvell Technology Group Ltd.,
> that's MRVL.
> - compatible = "marvell,mv64x60";
> + compatible = "mrvl,mv64x60";
NAK.
Either use the stock ticker, in UPPER CASE, or use a nice
descriptive name. The lower case space is "free for all",
using shortened names (like "mrvl") there only increases
the chances of collisions.
Segher
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-04-07 20:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-04-07 18:32 [PATCH 0/9 v2] powerpc: mv64x60 and prpmc2800 DTS cleanups Dale Farnsworth
2008-04-07 18:38 ` [PATCH 1/9 v2] powerpc: change FDT compatible prefix to mrvl Dale Farnsworth
2008-04-07 20:49 ` Segher Boessenkool [this message]
2008-04-07 21:53 ` Dale Farnsworth
[not found] ` <20080407210314.GA21993@farnsworth.org>
2008-04-08 6:34 ` Segher Boessenkool
2008-04-07 18:46 ` [PATCH 2/9 v2] powerpc: prpmc2800: convert DTS to v1 and add labels Dale Farnsworth
2008-04-07 18:47 ` [PATCH 3/9 v2] powerpc: fix frequencies in prpmc2800.dts Dale Farnsworth
2008-04-07 18:49 ` [PATCH 4/9 v2] powerpc: mv64x60: Fix FDT compatible names: mv64x60 => mv64360 Dale Farnsworth
2008-04-07 18:50 ` [PATCH 5/9 v2] powerpc: mv64x60: remove device tree absolute path references Dale Farnsworth
2008-04-07 18:51 ` [PATCH 6/9 v2] powerpc: prpmc2800: clean up dts properties Dale Farnsworth
2008-04-07 18:53 ` [PATCH 7/9 v2] powerpc: mv643xx_eth: prepare to support multiple silicon blocks Dale Farnsworth
2008-04-07 18:54 ` [PATCH 8/9 v2] powerpc: Document the mv64x60 device tree bindings Dale Farnsworth
2008-04-07 18:55 ` [PATCH 9/9 v2] powerpc: prpmc2800 needs a dtbImage Dale Farnsworth
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