linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: vendor-prefixes: add asair

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Message-ID: <1f62ab04-1679-44b1-b95e-e3954afbfa88@linaro.org>
Date:   Wed, 8 Nov 2023 09:23:15 +0100
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To:     Anshul Dalal <anshulusr@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-iio@...r.kernel.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
        Jonathan Cameron <jic23@...nel.org>,
        Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@...afoo.de>,
        Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: vendor-prefixes: add asair

On 08/11/2023 01:32, Anshul Dalal wrote:
> On 11/7/23 23:16, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 07/11/2023 18:30, Anshul Dalal wrote:
>>> Aosong Electronic Co., LTD. is a supplier for MEMS sensors such as AHT20
>>> temperature and humidity sensor under the name Asair
>>
>> The name of the company is Aosong Electronic or Asair? What does Asair
>> stands for? Sensors name? Then it is not a vendor prefix.
>>
> 
> Asair is the brand name under which Aosong Electronics sells their
> products. I thought Asair would be the better choice since
> all their products use that as the manufacturer name instead of Aosong
> as well as all the retail suppliers of their sensors.

What if Aosong sells new product, e.g. power supply, under name Aosong.
Would you create new prefix? One vendor should have one prefix, so in
that case all other products not sold under Asair should be with "asair".

Best regards,
Krzysztof