linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/11] dt-bindings: mips: cpu: Add I-Class I6500 Multiprocessor Core

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Message-Id: <984853b6-b246-454e-828e-abd6ff3076d5@app.fastmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 09 Oct 2023 20:48:54 +0200
From:   "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@...db.de>
To:     "Gregory Clement" <gregory.clement@...tlin.com>,
        "Rob Herring" <robh@...nel.org>
Cc:     "Serge Semin" <fancer.lancer@...il.com>,
        Phil Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@...aro.org>,
        "Paul Burton" <paulburton@...nel.org>,
        "Thomas Bogendoerfer" <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
        "Krzysztof Kozlowski" <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Vladimir Kondratiev" <vladimir.kondratiev@...el.com>,
        "Tawfik Bayouk" <tawfik.bayouk@...ileye.com>,
        "Alexandre Belloni" <alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com>,
        Théo Lebrun <theo.lebrun@...tlin.com>,
        "Thomas Petazzoni" <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/11] dt-bindings: mips: cpu: Add I-Class I6500 Multiprocessor
 Core

On Mon, Oct 9, 2023, at 17:32, Gregory CLEMENT wrote:
> Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org> writes:
>> On Fri, Oct 06, 2023 at 12:48:03PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>>> On Thu, Oct 5, 2023, at 16:51, Gregory CLEMENT wrote:
>>> 
>>> I don't see any good solution, they changed their name and
>>> ownership too many times. I would actually revert back the
>>> description here to "MIPS Technologies Inc" instead of trying
>>> to keep track of what they currently call themselves.
>>> 
>>> Since we already have both the 'mips,' and 'mti,' vendow
>>> names for the 14Kc, 14KEc and 24KEc parts, maybe we can
>>> just go back to 'mips,' for all cores past the mti era
>>> rather than trying to date and geolocate each of the
>>> classic cores as one of 'mti', 'img', 'wavecomp', 'tallwood',
>>> 'mips' 'cipunited' etc.
>>
>> I would reserve 'mips' for anything common. Much like 'riscv' is only 
>> for things based on RiscV specs/standards.
>>
>> I would use 'img' here if we know this was designed/implemented by 
>> Imagination.
>
> If there is no objection I will use 'img' then.

Ok, let's do that then. With this modification:

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>