On Thu, Mar 06, 2014 at 01:21:03PM +0100, Arnaud Ebalard wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
>
> Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > Add a number of vendor prefixes by kirkwood devices. These are not all
> > stock tickers, but have been in use for a while so changing would not
> > be easy.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt | 13 +++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt
> > index c73b435f58f5..860c467374fe 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt
> > @@ -20,2 +20,3 @@ bosch Bosch Sensortec GmbH
> > brcm Broadcom Corporation
> > +buffalo Buffalo, Inc.
> > capella Capella Microsystems, Inc
> > @@ -30,2 +31,3 @@ davicom DAVICOM Semiconductor, Inc.
> > denx Denx Software Engineering
> > +dlink D-Link Corporation
> > edt Emerging Display Technologies
> > @@ -35,2 +37,3 @@ epson Seiko Epson Corp.
> > est ESTeem Wireless Modems
> > +excito Excito
> > fsl Freescale Semiconductor
> > @@ -39,2 +42,3 @@ gef GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms Embedded Systems, Inc.
> > gmt Global Mixed-mode Technology, Inc.
> > +globalscale GlobalScale Technologies, Inc.
> > gumstix Gumstix, Inc.
> > @@ -45,2 +49,3 @@ ibm International Business Machines (IBM)
> > idt Integrated Device Technologies, Inc.
> > +iom Iomega Corporation
> > img Imagination Technologies Ltd.
> > @@ -49,2 +54,4 @@ isl Intersil
> > karo Ka-Ro electronics GmbH
> > +keymile Keymile GmbH
> > +lacie LaCie
> > lg LG Corporation
> > @@ -56,3 +63,5 @@ microchip Microchip Technology Inc.
> > mosaixtech Mosaix Technologies, Inc.
> > +mpl MPL AG
> > national National Semiconductor
> > +netgear Netgear, Inc.
>
> I do not have a strong opinion on it but I think I read on LAKML there
> was some kind of rule to use ticker symbol for a given vendor if it
> exists e.g. ntgr for netgear (like fsl for freescale, brcm for broadcom,
> etc).
What you say is true, we try to use stock tickers. However, in the
changelog i say:
Add a number of vendor prefixes by kirkwood devices. These are not
all stock tickers, but have been in use for a while so changing
would not be easy.
We have the problem that we have DTs in the field making use of these
vendor prefixes. They have effectively become part of the ABI. We have
to support them. Even if we do change to stock tickers, we still need
to support the old vendor prefix as well. So since it is just a rule
of thumb to use the stock ticker, not a strict rule, i've kept with
what we have.
Andrew
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