Machine name/id change request

Amit Kucheria amit.kucheria at verdurent.com
Mon Sep 20 11:48:54 EDT 2010


On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux
<linux at arm.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> 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?

You can add my name there since I'll be submitting the board files.

Regards,
Amit



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