Convention is to use the stock ticker symbol. If the company is
private and has no stock ticker symbol, then the company name should
be used.
I didn't know that. ADI it is then.
Well.. stock ticker is the new convention. IEEE1275 used IEEE
assigned OUI strings (Organization Unique Identifiers). Often those
are the same as the stock ticker, but not always.
Erm, an OUI is a 24-bit number. I think you're confusing something
here.
Stock ticker is a good choice for new things, but for anything from a
vendor which has existing 1275 bindings for its products, I think we
should keep the original assigned OUI, even if it differs from the
stock ticker.
Yes, when there is an existing binding, obviously you should use what
it says (unless that binding is *completely* broken). Compatibility
is good.
Note that a stock symbol needs to be written in uppercase; in lowercase,
it is just a random name that has no collision protection.
Segher
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