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

Dale Farnsworth dale at farnsworth.org
Sat Mar 29 11:00:47 EST 2008


On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 05:47:25PM -0600, Grant Likely wrote:
> 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?

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.

-Dale



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