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Message-ID: <001301d2bf7d$919d2d60$b4d78820$@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 27 Apr 2017 13:41:57 -0400
From:   "Jingoo Han" <jingoohan1@...il.com>
To:     "'Geert Uytterhoeven'" <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        "'Olimpiu Dejeu'" <olimpiu@...ticsand.com>
Cc:     "'Rob Herring'" <robh@...nel.org>,
        "'Lee Jones'" <lee.jones@...aro.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "'Linux Fbdev development list'" <linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
        "'Brian Dodge'" <bdodge@...ticsand.com>,
        "'Joe Perches'" <joe@...ches.com>,
        "'Matthew D'Asaro'" <medasaro@...ticsand.com>,
        "'Daniel Thompson'" <daniel.thompson@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 1/3] backlight arcxcnn add arc to vendor prefix

On Thursday, April 27, 2017 8:37 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 6:36 PM, Jingoo Han <jingoohan1@...il.com> wrote:
> > On Monday, April 24, 2017 1:56 PM, Olimpiu Dejeu wrote:
> >>
> >> On Mon, April 24, 2017 11:10 AM, Rob Herring < robh@...nel.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> > On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 2:45 PM, Olimpiu Dejeu
> <olimpiu@...ticsand.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >> backlight: Add arc to vendor prefixes
> >> >> Signed-off-by: Olimpiu Dejeu <olimpiu@...ticsand.com>
> >> >> ---
> >> >> v8:
> >> >> - Version to match other patches in set
> >> >>
> >> >>  Documentation/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 16d3b5e..6f33a4b 100644
> >> >> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt
> >> >> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt
> >> >> @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ andestech     Andes Technology Corporation
> >> >>  apm    Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (APM)
> >> >>  aptina Aptina Imaging
> >> >>  arasan Arasan Chip Systems
> >> >> +arc    Arctic Sand
> >>
> >> >arc is also a cpu arch. While not a vendor, it could be confusing. How
> >> about "arctic" >instead?
> >>
> >> Rob, will do, i.e. I will change it to "arctic"
> >
> > Hi Olimpiu,
> >
> > Oh, "arc" and "arctic" is totally different.
> > In my opinion, one of the purposes of DT is to describe hardware stuffs.
> > So, please use more detailed words.
> 
> Already acquired by Murata?

Yes, Murata already announced the agreement of acquisition. [1]

To Olimpiu Dejeu,
What is your company's plan about naming?
The brand name 'Artic Sand' will be continued or not?
If not, you should replace 'Artic Sand' with 'Murata'.
As you said earlier, changing DT names is not easy after merging.

Best regards,
Jingoo Han

[1] http://www.murata.com/about/newsroom/news/irnews/irnews/2017/0317

> 
> Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
> 
>                         Geert
> 
> --
> Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@...ux-
> m68k.org
> 
> In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker.
> But
> when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like
> that.
>                                 -- Linus Torvalds