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

David Gibson david at gibson.dropbear.id.au
Mon Mar 31 10:44:20 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?

In particular are there any pre-flattened-tree real-OF systems in the
wild using "marvell" as the vendor prefix (there might be Apple or IBM
systems out there with Marvell PHYs for example).

Existing practice trumps "use stock ticker" for the standard vendor
prefix.

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