Thread (25 messages) 25 messages, 5 authors, 2008-04-01

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.
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