linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] ARM: dts: armada-xp-linksys-mamba: use wan instead of internet for DSA port

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Date:   Wed, 5 Apr 2017 17:50:32 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Ralph Sennhauser <ralph.sennhauser@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Gregory Clement <gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] ARM: dts: armada-xp-linksys-mamba: use wan instead
 of internet for DSA port

> In fact "internet" label on the case is uppercase, would this matter
> for you for new bindings, or would you still use the lowercase version?

I would use lower case, just to fix with the general convention that
interface names are lower case.

> > I would say, this is now too late. Changing an interface name will
> > break configuration scripts. We are stuck with it.
> > 
> 
> If it weren't for commit cb4f71c42988 that would have been obvious for
> me as well.

Yes, that was not nice. But it was also very earlier in the life of
38x, so it just affected a few developers with reference boards, not
real products out in the wild, as far as i remember.

     Andrew