[PATCH] ARM: EXYNOS: Adds Samsung TRATS board support

Russell King - ARM Linux linux at arm.linux.org.uk
Tue Jan 3 04:50:16 EST 2012


On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 12:49:21PM +0900, HeungJun, Kim wrote:
> If you don't mind, I want to let you know additional information.
> 
> I also agree with Mr.Park.
> 
> Generally in the robot field, the term "machine" means the total things
> including the machinery part and even the brain "board", and the machine
> is more bigger concept.

Some platforms which the kernel runs on are not a 'board' but a set of
boards: a motherboard and a separate CPU card.  So to call these a
'board' is wrong too.

Welcome to the problem: there is not one single term which satisfies
everyone.  The solution: a compromise.

The compromise that has been chosen for the ARM kernel is to call this
stuff 'machines' or 'platforms' - and the exynos stuff has decided to
call it 'machines'.  (Some people have decided to use 'board' in their
directories, which is fine _provided_ there is consistency within that
directory.)

That's actually the _most_ important thing: consistency.  So if a
maintainer has decided to use one way in their directory, that's the
way which rules for that directory.  So, please, get over it - and
don't start a brand new naming scheme in a directory just because you
don't agree with the maintainers opinion.

So, please name the board mach-trats.c as requested by Kukjin (who is
the maintainer for exynos.)



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