Re: [RESEND PATCHv2] of: add vendor prefix for Altera Corp.

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On Tue, 2013-08-06 at 09:39 +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 05, 2013 at 10:02:53PM +0100, Dinh Nguyen wrote:
> > On Mon, 2013-08-05 at 15:50 -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
> > > On Aug 5, 2013, at 3:48 PM, <dinguyen@xxxxxxxxxx> <dinguyen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > From: Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Dinh Nguyen <dinguyen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: Grant Likely <grant.likely@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: Rob Herring <rob.herring@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: Pawel Moll <pawel.moll@xxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: Stephen Warren <swarren@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Cc: devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > >
> > > > v2:
> > > > - Changed altr -> ALTR
> > > > ---
> > > > .../devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt        |    1 +
> > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt
> > > > index 366ce9b..6c2b273 100644
> > > > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt
> > > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt
> > > > @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ ad      Avionic Design GmbH
> > > > adi     Analog Devices, Inc.
> > > > aeroflexgaisler Aeroflex Gaisler AB
> > > > ak      Asahi Kasei Corp.
> > > > +ALTR   Altera Corp.
> > >
> > > why all caps?  we seem to have avoid doing that for almost everyone?
> >
> > CC: David Gibson <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > I can't find the archived email, but this is the excerpt from v1:
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 10:41:25PM -0600, Grant Likely wrote:
> > > On Fri, 26 Jul 2013 14:05:26 -0600, Stephen Warren
> > <swarren@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > On 07/26/2013 01:39 PM, dinguyen@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt
> > b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt
> > > >
> > > > > +altr     Altera Corp.
> > > >
> > > > In the context of Marvel(?) wanting to change between a longer and
> > > > stock-ticker vendor name, there was some discussion re: whether we
> > had
> > > > decided not to use stock tickers any more. Is there still consensus
> > that
> > > > we should? If so, I have no problem with this patch, but I wanted to
> > > > make sure everyone was on the same page.
> > >
> > > Stock ticker names are just fine by me. But once set they should not
> > > change.
> >
> > On Tue, 2013-07-30 at 16:10 +1000, David Gibson wrote:
> > >The old recommendation from OF working group was that vendor
> > >prefixes could be either ticker symbols in all caps (e.g. "AAPL"), or
> > >some other string in lower case.
>
> This would leave ALTR as the oddball out of all the prefixes currently
> in existence (of which several are *lower case* stock ticker symbols).
>
> Grant, do you have any view here? I'm happy to allow uppercase if you're
> happy with it.
>
> >
> > >We've mostly only used the second option.
> > ------
> >
> > So I'm think we're going with all caps for ALTR. We've already been
> > using altr, so the 2nd option is colliding with the 1st option.
>
> Why is using the string you're using already (atlr) a problem?

Its not a problem. It was a suggestion from the V1 patch and then
silence. I took the silence as *caps* was the way to go.

Dinh
>
> Thanks,
> Mark.
>
> >
> >
> > Dinh
> >
> > >
> > > - k
> > >
> > > > amcc    Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (APM, formally AMCC)
> > > > apm     Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (APM)
> > > > arm     ARM Ltd.
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