Re: [PATCH 1/9] [POWERPC] mv64x60: change FDT compatible prefix to mrvl
From: Grant Likely <hidden>
Date: 2008-03-29 00:12:20
On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 6:00 PM, Dale Farnsworth [off-list ref] wrote:
On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 05:47:25PM -0600, Grant Likely wrote: > On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 5:42 PM, Dale Farnsworth [off-list ref] wrote: > > From: Dale Farnsworth [off-list ref] > > > > Follow the convention that compatible names are prefixed by the > > vendor's stock ticker symbol. For Marvell Technology Group Ltd., > > that's MRVL. > > > > Signed-off-by: Dale Farnsworth [off-list ref] > > Acked-by: Mark A. Greer [off-list ref] > > Are there any boards "in the wild" using the old string? If so are > does changing this string risk complicating upgrades to a new kernel > version? I don't think this complicates things much, since all these boards boot a dtbImage, with an embedded dtb file built from the kernel source. So the dts and code don't have much opportunity to get out of sync.
Cool; then looks good to me! :-) Acked-by: Grant Likely <redacted> -- Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng. Secret Lab Technologies Ltd.