[RFC PATCH 0/1] Categorize ARM dts directory

[Rob Herring]

On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 6:02 AM Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de> wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 2, 2023, at 21:40, Rob Herring wrote:
> > On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 3:15 AM Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de> wrote:
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> > vendor_map = {
> >     'alphascale' : 'alphascale',
> >     'alpine' : 'alpine',
>
> I would make this one 'amazon' if we go with current manufacturers.
>
> >     'nspire' : 'nspire',
>
> nspire is the name of the end-user product, so that doesn't quite
> fit. The SoC was apparently an LSI logic Zevio, which is now owned
> by Broadcom.

I'm inclined to leave it. I put it in the category of a one-off thing
that's not sharing anything

> >     'mvebu' : 'marvell',
> >     'mmp' : 'marvell',
> >     'berlin' : 'berlin',
>
> While berlin is related to pxa/mmp, this one is now owned
> by Synaptics, and the 64-bit versions are already in the
> synaptics subdir, so I'd go with teh same here.
>
> >     'openbmc' : 'aspeed',
> >     'en7' : 'airoha',
>
> airoha is a separate company now, but the hardware is still
> shared with mediatek, so we could consider lumping it into
> that subdir, but a separate one may be better long-term.
>
> >     'gemini' : 'gemini',
>
> This one is also a product name, not a company. Apparently,
> gemini was originally made by Storm Semiconductor, and then
> by Cortina, which was subsequently acquired by Inphi, and that ended
> up in Marvell after the product was already discontinued.
>
> Out of the four, I'd probably go with 'cortina' as the
> directory name.

I had 'cortina' previously. Linus wanted gemini...

Rob