On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 09:27:24AM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote: > Hi, > > now just to forestall possible predictable bikeshedding on the devicetree > list before it happens: > > On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 9:06 AM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > +RedBoot FLASH Image System (FIS) Partitions > > This expansion of the acronym including using capital letters in > FLASH comes from the eCOS source code for RedBoot: > https://sourceware.org/viewvc/ecos/packages/redboot/current/src/flash.c?view=markup > > > +- compatible : (required) must be "redboot-fis" > > There is no vendor here because the source code was owned by > Cygnus Solutions, Redhat and now Free Software Foundation. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECos > > We have no (AFAICT) policy for whether stuff that just change vendor > all the time should be named after the inventing (first) company "cygnus,*", > current owner "fsf,*" or the one that made most changes to the source > code "redhat,*". I do not think we should care, and just name it > "redboot-fis" for it's historical value and widespread acceptance so this > is a conscious naming scheme. > > If one of the OF maintainers says they want it a certain way I will change > it without discussion, I just want this supported. It's all fine for me. I was only going to comment is Redboot still a thing? :) Rob
