Re: [PATCH 1/2] dt-bindings: arm: sunxi: Correct the descriptions for Pine64 boards

From: Dragan Simic
Date: Sun May 26 2024 - 12:40:34 EST


Hello Andre and Icenowy,

On 2024-05-22 15:06, Dragan Simic wrote:
On 2024-05-22 12:05, Andre Przywara wrote:
On Wed, 22 May 2024 08:10:21 +0200
Dragan Simic <dsimic@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 2024-05-22 02:48, Icenowy Zheng wrote:
> 在 2024-04-23星期二的 03:00 +0200,Dragan Simic写道:
>> Correct the descriptions of a few Pine64 boards and devices,
>> according
>> to their official names used on the Pine64 wiki.  This ensures
>> consistency
>> between the officially used names and the names in the source code.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> -      - description: Pine64 PineH64 model A
>> +      - description: Pine64 H64 Model A
>>          items:
>>            - const: pine64,pine-h64
>>            - const: allwinner,sun50i-h6
>>  
>> -      - description: Pine64 PineH64 model B
>> +      - description: Pine64 H64 Model B
>
> Sorry for replying so late, but I don't think there is a Pine64 H64
> board. The Pine64 wiki calls it Pine H64. [1]
>
> [1] https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PINE_H64

Good point, thanks. Though, this board is really an exception to
the naming scheme employed for the Pine64 boards, so perhaps it would
actually be better to rename the board in the Pine64 wiki, by adding
"64" to "Pine", to ensure consistency.

I am sorry, but I don't think this is how it works. The board is really
called "Pine H64", that's printed on the board [1] and everywhere else [2].
That's a choice the manufacturer made, and renaming some Wiki page won't
change that. I understand the engineer's desire to make everything nice and
consistent ;-) , but I am afraid that's not our call. After all this file
is to document the device naming, not to be an example of consistent
naming schemes.

[1] https://linux-sunxi.org/images/5/53/Pineh64_top.jpg
[2] https://pine64.org/devices/pine_h64_model_a/

Those are all valid concerns. Though, when it comes to the silkscreened
labels on PCBs, sometimes they have no connection with the real, official
board names. An almost funny example :) is the QuartzPro64 board, also
from Pine64. [3]

I'll check with Pine64 are there some intentions for unifying the officially
used board names, and if there aren't, I'll submit the v2 of this series
with the corrected board names.

[3] https://wiki.pine64.org/images/f/fe/Quartzpro64_whole_board_top_resized.jpeg

It's been decided that the history should be preserved, so I'll prepare
and submit the v2 of this series with the original Pine64 board names that
are currently used officially.

Alas, the Pine64 wiki is currently in read-only mode, due to some
recent issues with the underlying hardware that runs it. Migration to
another form of documentation for Pine64 boards is also a possibility,
which makes the updates even more complicated.

With all this in mind, I think it would be the best to rename the board
on the Pine64 side, to ensure consistency, and keep this patch as-is.
I'll make a mental note to do that on the Pine64 side once the current
situation with the Pine64 wiki is resolved.