linux-kernel - Re: arc vendor prefix

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Message-ID: <20180925152308.GA21227@bogus>
Date:   Tue, 25 Sep 2018 10:23:08 -0500
From:   Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
To:     Alan Cox <gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:     Brian Dodge <bdodge09@...il.com>, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: arc vendor prefix

On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 01:09:52PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Sep 2018 21:05:20 -0400
> Brian Dodge <bdodge09@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > In the linux kernel commit 91ab076e3a2f092254fe5231bbfa92b37fd52e38 the 
> > vendor prefix "arctic" was added to vendor-prefixes.txt.
> > 
> > The original change I authored used "arc" not "arctic", and the device 
> > tree bindings were added assuming that prefix in commit 
> > ce9d22573d85341c987f997461ac712e4dbe47b1
> > 
> > Perhaps odeju changed the name to arctic in the patch after I created it 
> > and before it was approved.
> > 
> > This pairing isn't really compatible is it?  Either the prefix should be 
> > reverted to "arc" or the bindings (and driver source) changed to use 
> > "arctic", as in "arctic,arc2c0608" vs. "arc,arc2c0608"
> 
> ARC is a Synopsys registered trademark for the ARC processor line. I'm not
> sure what the right answer is but I think it might be better to keep to
> arctic to avoid confusion with arc based products.

Agreed.

Rob