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Message-ID: <c2390181-d736-4691-9bb1-0383c506bb1b@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2024 15:29:00 +0200
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
To: Junhao Xie <bigfoot@...ssfun.cn>
Cc: devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
 Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
 Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, Heiko Stuebner <heiko@...ech.de>,
 Jonas Karlman <jonas@...boo.se>, Chukun Pan <amadeus@....edu.cn>,
 FUKAUMI Naoki <naoki@...xa.com>, Dragan Simic <dsimic@...jaro.org>,
 linux-rockchip@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: vendor-prefixes: Add Shanghai Novotech
 Ariaboard

On 04/09/2024 14:14, Junhao Xie wrote:
> On 2024/9/4 19:35, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 04/09/2024 13:14, Junhao Xie wrote:
>>> Add an entry for Shanghai Novotech Ariaboard (https://ariaboard.com/)
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Junhao Xie <bigfoot@...ssfun.cn>
>>> ---
>>>  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml | 2 ++
>>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml
>>> index a70ce43b3dc0..58d1a2e8b212 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml
>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml
>>> @@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ patternProperties:
>>>      description: Arctic Sand
>>>    "^arcx,.*":
>>>      description: arcx Inc. / Archronix Inc.
>>> +  "^ariaboard,.*":
>>> +    description: Shanghai Novotech Co., Ltd.
>>
>> This is confusing. Prefix is entirely different than company name. I
>> would expect prefix like shanghainovotech.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Krzysztof
>>
> 
> Thank you for your reply.
> Ariaboard is a subsidiary of Shanghai Novotech, maybe it would
> be better to change description to "Ariaboard"?
> 
> Shanghai Novotech: https://shanghainovotech.com/
> Ariaboard: https://ariaboard.com/

This does not sound like subsidiary but just name of the board family or
product family. Their about page suggests "affiliation" but all contact
points are for Shanghai Novotech.

I am fine with ariaboard prefix, but please provide context in commit msg.

Best regards,
Krzysztof