Machine name/id change request

Russell King - ARM Linux linux at arm.linux.org.uk
Mon Sep 20 11:44:41 EDT 2010


On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 10:32:51AM -0500, Matt Sealey wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Is it possible for us to change a machine name/id in the database and
> future kernels?
> 
> We have two systems originally designed by Pegatron and registered
> under their codenames, but for now retailing and marketed under the
> "Efika MX" brand. We would like to change the id data for
> 
> id 2336, originally MX51_LANGE51 but changed to MX51_EFIKAMX (mx51_efikamx etc.)
> id 2370, originally MX51_KUNLUN but changed to MX51_EFIKASB (mx51_efikasb etc.)

As they're not in mainline then we can.  Bear in mind that kernels
which contain this code using the old identifiers will break when
someone decides to download a new copy of the file after the change.

Updated.

Is Sean Hsieh still responsible for these?



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