On Thu, Mar 06, 2014 at 01:21:03PM +0100, Arnaud Ebalard wrote:
> Hi Andrew,
> 
> Andrew Lunn <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> > Add a number of vendor prefixes by kirkwood devices. These are not all
> > stock tickers, but have been in use for a while so changing would not
> > be easy.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Lunn <[email protected]>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt | 13 +++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt 
> > b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt
> > index c73b435f58f5..860c467374fe 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt
> > @@ -20,2 +20,3 @@ bosch     Bosch Sensortec GmbH
> >  brcm       Broadcom Corporation
> > +buffalo    Buffalo, Inc.
> >  capella    Capella Microsystems, Inc
> > @@ -30,2 +31,3 @@ davicom   DAVICOM Semiconductor, Inc.
> >  denx       Denx Software Engineering
> > +dlink      D-Link Corporation
> >  edt        Emerging Display Technologies
> > @@ -35,2 +37,3 @@ epson     Seiko Epson Corp.
> >  est        ESTeem Wireless Modems
> > +excito     Excito
> >  fsl        Freescale Semiconductor
> > @@ -39,2 +42,3 @@ gef       GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms Embedded 
> > Systems, Inc.
> >  gmt        Global Mixed-mode Technology, Inc.
> > +globalscale        GlobalScale Technologies, Inc.
> >  gumstix    Gumstix, Inc.
> > @@ -45,2 +49,3 @@ ibm       International Business Machines (IBM)
> >  idt        Integrated Device Technologies, Inc.
> > +iom        Iomega Corporation
> >  img        Imagination Technologies Ltd.
> > @@ -49,2 +54,4 @@ isl       Intersil
> >  karo       Ka-Ro electronics GmbH
> > +keymile    Keymile GmbH
> > +lacie      LaCie
> >  lg LG Corporation
> > @@ -56,3 +63,5 @@ microchip Microchip Technology Inc.
> >  mosaixtech Mosaix Technologies, Inc.
> > +mpl        MPL AG
> >  national   National Semiconductor
> > +netgear    Netgear, Inc.
> 
> I do not have a strong opinion on it but I think I read on LAKML there
> was some kind of rule to use ticker symbol for a given vendor if it
> exists e.g. ntgr for netgear (like fsl for freescale, brcm for broadcom,
> etc).

What you say is true, we try to use stock tickers. However, in the
changelog i say:

    Add a number of vendor prefixes by kirkwood devices. These are not
    all stock tickers, but have been in use for a while so changing
    would not be easy.

We have the problem that we have DTs in the field making use of these
vendor prefixes. They have effectively become part of the ABI. We have
to support them. Even if we do change to stock tickers, we still need
to support the old vendor prefix as well. So since it is just a rule
of thumb to use the stock ticker, not a strict rule, i've kept with
what we have.

     Andrew
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