Re: [DO NOT MERGE v6 26/37] dt-bindings: vendor-prefixes: Add smi

[Guenter Roeck]

On 1/10/24 03:23, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Conor,
>
> On Tue, Jan 9, 2024 at 7:06 PM Conor Dooley <conor@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 09, 2024 at 05:23:23PM +0900, Yoshinori Sato wrote:
> > > Add Silicon Mortion Technology Corporation
>
> Motion
>
> > > https://www.siliconmotion.com/
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >   Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml | 2 ++
> > >   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml
> > > index 94ed63d9f7de..a338bdd743ab 100644
> > > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml
> > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml
> > > @@ -1283,6 +1283,8 @@ patternProperties:
> > >       description: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
> > >     "^smartlabs,.*":
> > >       description: SmartLabs LLC
> > > +  "^smi,.*":
> > > +    description: Silicon Motion Technology Corporation
> >
> > How come "smi" is used for a company with this name?
> > Why is it not something like SMTC? There's probably some history here
> > that I am unaware of.
>
> See Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/sm501fb.txt
> The stock ticker is "SIMO", though.
> https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/simo

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Motion:

"Controllers are marketed under the “SMI” brand,
 enterprise-grade SSDs under the "Shannon Systems" brand.
"

Guenter