Machine name/id change request

Russell King - ARM Linux linux at arm.linux.org.uk
Mon Sep 20 11:58:06 EDT 2010


On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 06:48:54PM +0300, Amit Kucheria wrote:
> 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.

Remind me to fix it up when you submit something to the patch system/
machine registry.  Neither Matt nor yourself currently appears in
the existing list of people...



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