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Re: [PATCH 05/11] drivers: pinctrl: add driver for Allwinner A64 SoC

From Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 05/11] drivers: pinctrl: add driver for Allwinner A64 SoC
Date 2016-02-08 17:00 +0100
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On Thu, Feb 04, 2016 at 05:51:51PM +0100, Maxime Ripard wrote:
> Hi Andre,
> 
> On Tue, Feb 02, 2016 at 04:53:58PM +0000, Andre Przywara wrote:
> > > So, droping it in the filenames, why not. But I'd really like to keep
> > > the same compatible scheme.
> > 
> > And I still don't get this: in the DT compatible scheme we always have a
> > vendor prefix, so allwinner,a64 is surely not a mysterious ARM Ltd. core
> > or a new Apple SoC. Instead it is the A64 from Allwinner, full stop. So
> > why should we add an arbitrary and confusing sun50i naming to it (when
> > it actually should be more like "sun8i-a64").
> 
> I don't decide on their marketing names. And I know you want to start
> anew with the arm64 SoCs, but the truth is, you don't. Most of the
> compatibles in the DTSI are from earlier SoCs, and we have to keep
> that legacy and remain consistent with it. With all the good and bad
> things a legacy imply.

I have to agree. Unless there is some agreement to move to another 
naming scheme, then just follow the same pattern. If sunXi is just a 
made up name outside of Allwinner to provide some logical grouping of 
SoCs, then yes, that probably should not have been done.

Rob

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[PATCH 00/11] arm64: Introduce Allwinner A64 and Pine64 support Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> - 2016-02-01 18:40 +0100
  [PATCH 06/11] clk: sunxi: add generic multi-parent bus clock gates driver Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> - 2016-02-01 18:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 06/11] clk: sunxi: add generic multi-parent bus clock  gates driver Jean-Francois Moine <moinejf@free.fr> - 2016-02-01 19:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 06/11] clk: sunxi: add generic multi-parent bus clock  gates driver André Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> - 2016-02-02 00:10 +0100
  [PATCH 10/11] arm64: dts: add Allwinner A64 SoC .dtsi Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> - 2016-02-01 18:50 +0100
    Re: [linux-sunxi] [PATCH 10/11] arm64: dts: add Allwinner A64 SoC  .dtsi Karsten Merker <merker@debian.org> - 2016-02-01 20:10 +0100
      Re: [linux-sunxi] [PATCH 10/11] arm64: dts: add Allwinner A64 SoC  .dtsi André Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> - 2016-02-02 00:10 +0100
    Re: [linux-sunxi] [PATCH 10/11] arm64: dts: add Allwinner A64 SoC  .dtsi Jens Kuske <jenskuske@gmail.com> - 2016-02-02 17:30 +0100
      Re: [linux-sunxi] [PATCH 10/11] arm64: dts: add Allwinner A64 SoC  .dtsi Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> - 2016-02-02 17:50 +0100
        Re: [linux-sunxi] [PATCH 10/11] arm64: dts: add Allwinner A64 SoC  .dtsi Jens Kuske <jenskuske@gmail.com> - 2016-02-02 18:50 +0100
        Re: [linux-sunxi] [PATCH 10/11] arm64: dts: add Allwinner A64 SoC .dtsi Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@csie.org> - 2016-02-05 10:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 10/11] arm64: dts: add Allwinner A64 SoC .dtsi Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com> - 2016-02-05 10:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 10/11] arm64: dts: add Allwinner A64 SoC .dtsi Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> - 2016-02-08 10:50 +0100
  [PATCH 01/11] irqchip: sun4i: fix compilation outside of arch/arm Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> - 2016-02-01 18:50 +0100
    [tip:irq/urgent] irqchip/sun4i: Fix compilation outside of arch/  arm tip-bot for Andre Przywara <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2016-02-02 16:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 01/11] irqchip: sun4i: fix compilation outside of arch/arm Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@gmail.com> - 2016-02-02 16:20 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 01/11] irqchip: sun4i: fix compilation outside of arch/arm Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> - 2016-02-02 16:40 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 01/11] irqchip: sun4i: fix compilation outside of arch/arm Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@gmail.com> - 2016-02-02 18:00 +0100
  [PATCH 08/11] clk: sunxi: improve error reporting for the mux clock Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> - 2016-02-01 18:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 08/11] clk: sunxi: improve error reporting for the mux  clock Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> - 2016-02-02 19:10 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 08/11] clk: sunxi: improve error reporting for the mux  clock Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com> - 2016-02-02 19:10 +0100
  [PATCH 07/11] clk: sunxi: add generic allwinner,sunxi name Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> - 2016-02-01 18:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 07/11] clk: sunxi: add generic allwinner,sunxi name Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> - 2016-02-08 17:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 07/11] clk: sunxi: add generic allwinner,sunxi name Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> - 2016-02-08 17:10 +0100
  [PATCH 11/11] arm64: dts: add Pine64 support Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> - 2016-02-01 18:50 +0100
    Re: [linux-sunxi] [PATCH 11/11] arm64: dts: add Pine64 support Karsten Merker <merker@debian.org> - 2016-02-01 20:30 +0100
      Re: [linux-sunxi] [PATCH 11/11] arm64: dts: add Pine64 support André Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> - 2016-02-02 00:10 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 11/11] arm64: dts: add Pine64 support Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com> - 2016-02-05 10:10 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 11/11] arm64: dts: add Pine64 support Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> - 2016-02-05 11:10 +0100
        Re: [linux-sunxi] Re: [PATCH 11/11] arm64: dts: add Pine64 support Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@gmail.com> - 2016-02-08 02:00 +0100
  [PATCH 04/11] arm64: Introduce Allwinner SoC config option Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> - 2016-02-01 18:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 04/11] arm64: Introduce Allwinner SoC config option Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@gmail.com> - 2016-02-02 16:30 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 04/11] arm64: Introduce Allwinner SoC config option Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> - 2016-02-02 16:40 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 04/11] arm64: Introduce Allwinner SoC config option Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-02-02 17:10 +0100
  [PATCH 05/11] drivers: pinctrl: add driver for Allwinner A64 SoC Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> - 2016-02-01 18:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 05/11] drivers: pinctrl: add driver for Allwinner A64 SoC Karsten Merker <merker@debian.org> - 2016-02-01 19:30 +0100
      Re: [linux-sunxi] Re: [PATCH 05/11] drivers: pinctrl: add driver for  Allwinner A64 SoC Karsten Merker <merker@debian.org> - 2016-02-01 19:50 +0100
        Re: [linux-sunxi] Re: [PATCH 05/11] drivers: pinctrl: add driver for  Allwinner A64 SoC André Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> - 2016-02-02 00:10 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 05/11] drivers: pinctrl: add driver for Allwinner A64 SoC André Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> - 2016-02-02 00:00 +0100
        Re: [linux-sunxi] Re: [PATCH 05/11] drivers: pinctrl: add driver  for Allwinner A64 SoC Siarhei Siamashka <siarhei.siamashka@gmail.com> - 2016-02-02 03:00 +0100
          Re: [linux-sunxi] Re: [PATCH 05/11] drivers: pinctrl: add driver for  Allwinner A64 SoC Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> - 2016-02-02 15:30 +0100
          Re: [linux-sunxi] Re: [PATCH 05/11] drivers: pinctrl: add driver for  Allwinner A64 SoC Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com> - 2016-02-02 18:40 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 05/11] drivers: pinctrl: add driver for Allwinner A64 SoC Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com> - 2016-02-02 11:10 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 05/11] drivers: pinctrl: add driver for Allwinner A64 SoC Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@csie.org> - 2016-02-02 11:20 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 05/11] drivers: pinctrl: add driver for Allwinner A64 SoC Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> - 2016-02-02 18:00 +0100
            Re: [PATCH 05/11] drivers: pinctrl: add driver for Allwinner A64 SoC Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com> - 2016-02-04 20:00 +0100
              Re: [PATCH 05/11] drivers: pinctrl: add driver for Allwinner A64 SoC Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> - 2016-02-08 17:00 +0100
              Re: [PATCH 05/11] drivers: pinctrl: add driver for Allwinner A64 SoC Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> - 2016-02-08 17:00 +0100
  [PATCH 02/11] crypto: sunxi-ss: prevent compilation on 64-bit Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> - 2016-02-01 18:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 02/11] crypto: sunxi-ss: prevent compilation on 64-bit Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> - 2016-02-02 04:20 +0100
    Re: [linux-sunxi] [PATCH 02/11] crypto: sunxi-ss: prevent  compilation on 64-bit LABBE Corentin <clabbe.montjoie@gmail.com> - 2016-02-02 09:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 02/11] crypto: sunxi-ss: prevent compilation on 64-bit Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> - 2016-02-06 08:50 +0100
  [PATCH 03/11] drivers: rtc: allow compilation of sun6i RTC for all sunxi SoCs Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> - 2016-02-01 18:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 03/11] drivers: rtc: allow compilation of sun6i RTC for  all sunxi SoCs Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@free-electrons.com> - 2016-02-02 10:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 03/11] drivers: rtc: allow compilation of sun6i RTC for  all sunxi SoCs Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@free-electrons.com> - 2016-02-05 00:00 +0100
  [PATCH 09/11] clk: sunxi: add critical-clocks property to mux clocks Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> - 2016-02-01 18:50 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 00/11] arm64: Introduce Allwinner A64 and Pine64 support André Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com> - 2016-02-02 09:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 00/11] arm64: Introduce Allwinner A64 and Pine64 support lists.nick.betteridge@gmail.com - 2016-02-02 09:40 +0100

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