[PATCH 1/9] [POWERPC] mv64x60: change FDT compatible prefix to mrvl

Grant Likely grant.likely at secretlab.ca
Sat Mar 29 10:47:25 EST 2008


On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 5:42 PM, Dale Farnsworth <dale at farnsworth.org> wrote:
> From: Dale Farnsworth <dale at farnsworth.org>
>
>  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 <dale at farnsworth.org>
>  Acked-by: Mark A. Greer <mgreer at mvista.com>

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?

g.


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Grant Likely, B.Sc., P.Eng.
Secret Lab Technologies Ltd.



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