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Message-ID: <bc7b7f86-6e15-44d0-8456-e53a808add83@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 19:10:01 +0100
From: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>
To: Lukas Timmermann <linux@...mermann.space>
Cc: Alim Akhtar <alim.akhtar@...sung.com>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
 Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>, Alexandre Marquet <tb@...arquet.fr>,
 linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-samsung-soc@...r.kernel.org,
 devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] dt-bindings: ARM: samsung: Add Samsung Manta (Google
 Nexus 10)

On 21/11/2025 19:07, Lukas Timmermann wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 06:24:36PM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>> On 21/11/2025 14:45, Lukas Timmermann wrote:
>>> On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 10:04:43AM +0100, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
>>>> On Thu, Nov 20, 2025 at 03:40:14PM +0100, Lukas Timmermann wrote:
>>>>> From: Alexandre Marquet <tb@...arquet.fr>
>>>>>
>>>>> Add the Google Nexus 10 board to documentation.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Marquet <tb@...arquet.fr>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Lukas Timmermann <linux@...mermann.space>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>  .../devicetree/bindings/arm/samsung/samsung-boards.yaml          | 1 +
>>>>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/samsung/samsung-boards.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/samsung/samsung-boards.yaml
>>>>> index f8e20e602c20..97a5a678f43c 100644
>>>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/samsung/samsung-boards.yaml
>>>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/samsung/samsung-boards.yaml
>>>>> @@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ properties:
>>>>>                - google,snow-rev5                # Google Snow Rev 5+
>>>>>                - google,spring                   # Google Spring
>>>>>                - insignal,arndale                # Insignal Arndale
>>>>> +              - samsung,nexus10-manta           # Samsung Manta (Google Nexus 10)
>>>>
>>>> Google Nexus or Samsung Nexus or Samsung Manta? I am sorry, but I am
>>>> 100% sure that Samsung and Google are two different companies. Google
>>>> products use only google prefixes, see all other Google devices.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Krzysztof
>>>>
>>> Google sold the device under it's Nexus brand. But it was built by
>>> Samsung, not just it's SoC. It's codename is "manta". Google places it 
>>> in the Samsung directory instead of their own.
>>> See: https://android.googlesource.com/device/samsung/manta/
>>> It is a Samsung board, but also a Google device.
>>
>> As I said, all Google end-user made by Samsung have Google names, not
>> Samsung. Do you see there samsung,spring? Or samsung,nexus for other
>> Nexuses? No.
>>
>> There is just no such thing as samsung,nexus. Never was, so you cannot
>> use that as product.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Krzysztof
>>
> I compared some Pixel and Nexus devices and now understand what you
> meant. So "google,manta" should be the correct name here?
> As seen in "google,sargo" -> Google Pixel 3a


I don't know what is Manta. If Google calls it code name Manta, can be
Manta. We use code names everywhere and it is fine. But if Google calls
it only Nexus10, should be rather nexus.


Best regards,
Krzysztof