[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 05/10] Rename ads5121 board into mpc5121ads

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Arno Fischer,

In message <MPG.247e51b45d39ae3e989680 at news.gmane.org> you wrote:
> In article <1242463666-28583-6-git-send-email-wd at denx.de>, wd at denx.de 
> says...
> > We rename the board so we use a consistent name in U-Boot and in
> > Linux.  Also, we use this opportunity to move the board into the
> > Freecale vendor directory.
> > 
> 
> Maybe a stupid question - but the manufacturer called it ADS512101 - 
> should not that name be the right one for linux and u-boot ?

It's not a stupid question. There is indeed confusion around the board
name.

Situation is as follows: the manufacturer called the board "Hellrosa";
see http://www.silicontkx.com/hellrosa.htm

Freescale decided to distributre the board under the product name
ADS5121 (or ADS512101).

The Linux kernel has been using the name "mpc5121ads" for the related
board configuration from the beginning.

U-Boot used "ads5121" as board config name.


I don't care at all about the name of the product,  i.  e.  the  part
number you have to use when ordering the board.

Also, the board configuration name is not somthing I would fight  for
- it's just a name after all. It does not have to be identical to the
product  name (which is even impossible here, as we would have to use
either "hellrosa" or "ads5121", and neither of them  makes  everybody
happy;  also  it's  not  100% clear to me whether board/freescale/ or
board/stx/ is more correct - technically or politically).

But I think it is important to use the *same* configuration  name  in
Linux and in U-Boot - we received a lot of avoidable support calls in
the past because users got confused when they had to use "ads5121" in
U-Boot and "mpc5121ads" in Linux.


The purpose of the patch is  to  get  a  unique  configuration  name.
"mpc5121"  fits  well  with the other config names used for Freescale
boards, and is identical to Linux.


If anybody wants a different board  name,  I  don't  object.  But  he
should  please  care  to  get the config name in Linux changed first,
U-Boot will then follow.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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