linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 0/4] Bluetooth/gnss: GNSS support for TiWi chips

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Message-Id: <607BEE7E-861D-4CA1-96F0-AFF4D78D25C8@goldelico.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 13:35:16 +0100
From: "H. Nikolaus Schaller" <hns@...delico.com>
To: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>,
 Andreas Kemnade <andreas@...nade.info>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/4] Bluetooth/gnss: GNSS support for TiWi chips

> Am 14.01.2025 um 12:57 schrieb Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>:
> 
> (And how does "TiWi" relate to "WiLink"?)

"WiLink" seems to be the Texas Instruments trademark of the chips (e.g. WiLink series 5, 6, 8 etc. [1]).

"TiWi" seems to be a nickname for this which is not violating the trademark and potentially distinguishing it better from the other chip brands?

Texas Instruments doesn't seem to use "TiWi", but distributors, module manufacturers, and software developers. E.g. [2]

[1]: https://www.ti.com/lit/ml/swpb012b/swpb012b.pdf
[2]: https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~simon/378/resources/PandaBoardES.pdf