linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/10] dt: bindings: clock: add mtmips SoCs clock device tree binding documentation

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Date:   Tue, 21 Mar 2023 09:27:42 +0100
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To:     Arınç ÜNAL <arinc.unal@...nc9.com>,
        Sergio Paracuellos <sergio.paracuellos@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-clk@...r.kernel.org, linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
        tsbogend@...ha.franken.de, john@...ozen.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, p.zabel@...gutronix.de,
        mturquette@...libre.com, sboyd@...nel.org, robh+dt@...nel.org,
        krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org, matthias.bgg@...il.com,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/10] dt: bindings: clock: add mtmips SoCs clock device
 tree binding documentation

On 21/03/2023 09:24, Arınç ÜNAL wrote:
>>>
>>> If we take the calling new things mediatek route, we will never get to
>>> the bottom of fixing the naming inconsistency.
>>
>> All new things, so new SoCs, should be called mediatek, because there is
>> no ralink and mediatek is already used for them. So why some new
>> Mediatek SoCs are "mediatek" but some other also new SoCs are "ralink"?
>>
>> You can do nothing (and no actual need) about existing inconsistency...
> 
> I couldn't change ralink -> mediatek because company acquisitions don't 
> grant the change. I don't see any reason to prevent changing mediatek -> 
> ralink without breaking the ABI on the existing schemas.

You cannot change mediatek->ralink without breaking the ABI for the same
reasons.

Best regards,
Krzysztof