[PATCH] ARM: kirkwood: DT board setup for CloudBox

[Simon Guinot]

On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 07:51:53AM +0100, Chris Moore wrote:
> Hi Simon et al.
> 
> Le 29/03/2013 19:41, Simon Guinot a écrit :
> >On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 11:31:32AM -0400, Jason Cooper wrote:
> >>Neat! another new board!
> >Others are coming :)
> 
> That's great, thank you.

Hi Chris,

It is nice to hear from you :)

> 
> >>On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 12:06:46PM +0100, Simon Guinot wrote:
> >>>This patch adds DT board setup for the LaCie NAS CloudBox. The CloudBox
> >>>is a low cost NAS based on the Network Space v2.
> >>>
> >>>Chipset list:
> >>>- CPU MARVELL 88F6702 1Ghz
> >>>- SDRAM memory: 256MB DDR2-800 (2x128MB x8) 400Mhz
> >>>- 1 Ethernet Gigabit port (PHY MARVELL 88E1318)
> >>>- SPI flash, NOR 512KB
> >>>- 1 push button
> >>>- 2 LEDs (red and blue)
> >>>
> >>>+
> >>>+/ {
> >>>+	model = "LaCie CloudBox";
> >>>+	compatible = "lacie,cloudbox", "marvell,kirkwood-88f6702", "marvell,kirkwood";
> >>Is there a more specific string we can add here?  eg
> >>"lacie,cloudbox-MODEL", "lacie,cloudbox", ...
> >Unfortunately no. CloudBox is a product name which is also used by LaCie
> >to name the board and the project.
> >
> 
> I think it really is necessary to have a more specific name.
> I have two, very different, products corresponding to LaCie CloudBox:
> - The first one was a small black one with a 2.5" disk reviewed
> here: http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/cloud/cloud-storage/462-lacie-cloudbox-reviewed
> - The later one is a larger white one with a 3.5" disk described
> here: http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/nas/nas-news/31927-lacie-relaunches-its-cloud-connected-nas
> 
> IIRC the later one was originally called "CloudBox Family" although
> maybe Family was dropped when it was officially released.

Indeed, there is two (or rather one and half) released products called
CloudBox.

The old one (the first smallnetbuilder link) has been first called
Network Space v2 mini, then SafeBox and finally released under the name
Cloudbox. Very very few products have been sold. I don't know any owner
and I suspect you got yours from the LaCie beta test program :)

The new CloudBox is a very different product which has been first named
FamilyBox and then released under the CloudBox name. Because the previous
CloudBox was a really confidential product, the marketing guys have
decided to reuse the name. This was a bad idea and despite the warnings
they did that even so.

Now, the fact is that the new CloudBox is a huge-selling LaCie product.
That's why I propose to keep the names just as they are.

Regards,

Simon
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