On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 1:49 PM, Nicolas Dechesne <nicolas.dechesne@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 6:37 PM, Rob Clark <robdclark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 8:25 AM, Srinivas Kandagatla >> <srinivas.kandagatla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 03/10/17 10:11, Linus Walleij wrote: >>>> >>>> Naming the DragonBoard 410c "SBC" (I guess "single board computer") >>>> is not very helpful for users looking for their device tree in >>>> the kernel. Also the db820c is named properly. >>>> >>>> Rectify this, simply, do not change the compatible strings but name >>>> the DTS files in a consistent manner. >>>> >>>> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx> >>> >>> I did not like the sbc naming convention too, This was primarily done due to >>> some legacy build tools + bootloaders which have used sbc compatible to >>> identify boards from multiple dtb blobs. Now that we can append dtb to >>> kernel with new LK, this should not be a issue anymore. >> >> maybe it would be an idea to update skales/dbttool first to look for >> the new name, and then give people some time to upgrade, before >> changing this in the kernel. Otherwise I expect you'll cause some >> confusion.. > > iirc, skale is using the compatible name, not the filename. > ahh, yes, I think you are right.. u-boot is using a different filename. So in this case, no issue to pick a saner name :-) BR, -R -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-soc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
