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From: Conor Dooley <conor@kernel.org>
To: Wig Cheng <onlywig@gmail.com>
Cc: robh@kernel.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: vendor-prefixes: rename nutsboard to mayqueen
Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 16:49:48 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250523-congenial-overbite-b4b1d121b98e@spud> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250522155810.3414273-1-onlywig@gmail.com>

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On Thu, May 22, 2025 at 11:58:08PM +0800, Wig Cheng wrote:
> Hi Conor,
> 
> Apologies for the typo. It's been a while since I last used git send-mail.
> 
> Thanks for the clarification and guidance on the rules.

An additional piece of guidance, please wrap lines in your emails.

> I believe the nutsboard prefix is no longer in use, as the related device tree files were removed from mainline starting from kernel 6.1. Additionally, we have informed all our customers to upgrade to the new hardware. However, I appreciate your explanation and will mark the old prefix as deprecated instead of removing it.

grepping the tree disagrees with yout, there's a board still in the
tree.

> I also have a question regarding the new prefix. The reason for this change is that we’ve developed a DRM driver, and the platform device in the driver uses a compatible string referring to the device tree. Without a vendor prefix, I’m unable to upstream the DRM driver because it lacks a valid compatible string.
> 
> How should this situation be handled? Is it acceptable to introduce the new vendor prefix first for this purpose?
> 

A new company can have a new prefix, this patch adding it should come
with the drm device binding that uses it.


> Product page:
> https://github.com/MayQueenTechCommunity/PIXPAPER-213-C
> 
> Wig

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      reply	other threads:[~2025-05-23 15:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-05-22 15:22 [PATCH] dt-bindings: vendor-prefixes: rename nutsboard to mayqueen Wig Cheng
2025-05-22 15:30 ` Conor Dooley
2025-05-22 15:31   ` Conor Dooley
2025-05-22 15:50   ` Wig Cheng
2025-05-22 15:58   ` Wig Cheng
2025-05-23 15:49     ` Conor Dooley [this message]

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