Re: [PATCH 1/2] of: add bq and radxa vendor prefixes

From: Beniamino Galvani
Date: Sun May 04 2014 - 09:15:11 EST


On Fri, May 02, 2014 at 01:32:37AM +0200, Heiko Stübner wrote:
> Hi Beniamino,
>
> Am Donnerstag, 1. Mai 2014, 21:50:34 schrieb Beniamino Galvani:
> > Add new vendor prefixes for:
> >
> > * bq, a company that sells multimedia devices and 3D printers
>
> bq is actually only a brandname. The company itself is "Mundo Reader S.L.".
> I'm not sure what the actual policy is concerning the vendor prefix, i.e. if it
> should use the visible brand name or the actual company name.
>
> I.e. another possibility would be to add the vendor prefix
> mundoreader Mundo Reader S.L.
> and name the currie
> mundoreader,bq-curie2

I've added DT bindings maintainers in CC as I should have done from
the beginning, hoping that someone can clarify this.

My opinion is that the brand name is not relevant since the prefix
represents the company which designs and manufactures the device; so
in this case I agree with your proposal to use mundoreader instead of
bq.

Beniamino

>
> > * Radxa, manufacturer of ARM boards
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Beniamino Galvani <b.galvani@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt | 2 ++
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt
> > b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt index
> > abc3080..6f8177c 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.txt
> > @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ atmel Atmel Corporation
> > auo AU Optronics Corporation
> > avago Avago Technologies
> > bosch Bosch Sensortec GmbH
> > +bq bq
> > brcm Broadcom Corporation
> > buffalo Buffalo, Inc.
> > calxeda Calxeda
> > @@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ powervr PowerVR (deprecated, use img)
> > qca Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.
> > qcom Qualcomm Technologies, Inc
> > qnap QNAP Systems, Inc.
> > +radxa Radxa
> > raidsonic RaidSonic Technology GmbH
> > ralink Mediatek/Ralink Technology Corp.
> > ramtron Ramtron International
>
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