[PATCH] ARM: shmobile: silk: initial device tree

Simon Horman horms at verge.net.au
Tue Feb 3 16:28:59 PST 2015


On Tue, Feb 03, 2015 at 10:53:01AM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 1:36 AM, Simon Horman <horms at verge.net.au> wrote:
> > The only thing that stood out to me about "SILK" was that unlike
> > other renesas boards names in .dtsi files it is all-capitals.
> > Its not a bit deal but as we are on the topic: is that intentional?
> 
> Seems like we can use some consistency:
> 
> $ git grep -w model -- $(git grep -l renesas, -- arch/arm/boot/dts)
> arch/arm/boot/dts/emev2-kzm9d.dts:      model = "EMEV2 KZM9D Board";
> arch/arm/boot/dts/r7s72100-genmai.dts:  model = "Genmai";
> arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a73a4-ape6evm.dts:  model = "APE6EVM";
> arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a7740-armadillo800eva.dts:  model = "armadillo 800 eva";
> arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a7778-bockw-reference.dts:  model = "bockw";
> arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a7778-bockw.dts:    model = "bockw";
> arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a7779-marzen.dts:   model = "marzen";
> arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a7790-lager.dts:    model = "Lager";
> arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a7791-henninger.dts:        model = "Henninger";
> arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a7791-koelsch.dts:  model = "Koelsch";
> arch/arm/boot/dts/r8a7794-alt.dts:      model = "Alt";
> arch/arm/boot/dts/sh73a0-kzm9g.dts:     model = "KZM-A9-GT";
> $
> 
> ePAPR says:
> 
> "The recommended format is: “manufacturer,model”, where manufacturer is a
>  string describing the name of the manufacturer (such as a stock ticker symbol),
>  and model specifies the model number.
> 
>  Example:
>          model = “fsl,MPC8349EMITX”;"

Agree we could use some consistency but before we start cooking up names
do we expect this to have any effect on compatibility for users?



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