From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gate.crashing.org (gate.crashing.org [63.228.1.57]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3A602DDDDB for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 16:35:11 +1000 (EST) In-Reply-To: <20080407210314.GA21993@farnsworth.org> References: <20080407183228.GA7438@farnsworth.org> <20080407183817.GB7438@farnsworth.org> <7b4fa46820f05cd088680ed3eb521ad6@kernel.crashing.org> <20080407210314.GA21993@farnsworth.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v623) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: From: Segher Boessenkool Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9 v2] powerpc: change FDT compatible prefix to mrvl Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 08:34:47 +0200 To: Dale Farnsworth Cc: "linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org list" List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , >> 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. > > Frankly Segher, it doesn't matter to me. However, NONE of the > existing DTS files use upper-case stock ticker. I see no reason > to deviate from the existing convention It's not an existing convention, it's a mistake some people made ;-) > (even if that convention > doesn't follow the previously defined upper-case stock ticker > convention.) That's not a "previously defined convention", it's the defined rules in the OF standard. Conventions are examples that are nice to follow if there's no real reason to choose either way; standards are things that if you break them, people shout out you. Let me say this again: it is *fine* if you use some lower-case name. In that case though, "marvell" is slightly better than "mrvl", and you had the former already, so just keep it :-) Agreed? Ca we move on now? :-) Segher