[U-Boot] [PATCH v3 0/6] arm: mvf600: Add Freescale Vybrid MVF600 CPU and MVF600TWR board support

[Stefano Babic]

On 28/05/2013 10:51, Wang Huan-B18965 wrote:
> Hi, Stefano,
> 
>> On 24/05/2013 08:18, Wang Huan-B18965 wrote:
>>
>>> [Alison Wang] We usually named the Powerpc(before QorIQ) as MPC and
>> ColdFire as MCF, So we generally named the Vybrid as MVF.
>>> We had some internal discussion for this, and we think we should use
>>> VF instead of MVF, we will follow the internal suggestions to name
>> the soc as VF610. Thanks for your comments.
>>
>> It is nice if you use the same name everybody finds on Freescale's
>> Website. However, I hope you decide that the names will be consistent
>> with the kernel, and also the patches that are currently posted to
>> linux-arm will change the processor name. The worst thing is if we get
>> a name in u-boot and another one in kernel.
>>
> [Alison Wang] Thanks for your reminder, we have discussed this with the kernel maintainer and get agreement to use the SoC name vf610. We'll use the 'vf610' in both u-boot and kernel. any comments for the name? Thanks.
> 

No, you are the developer, you work in Freescale and your is the final
decision about the names.
My point of view, and maybe it is the same for most of Freescale's
customers, is to have consistent names. Everybody checking Freescale's
website knows that the SOC / board is supported in u-boot and/or kernel
if he finds the same names as on the website. But is the mx53loco the
same as mx53qsb, the official name to buy the board ? Of course, it is
the same, but not at the first glance. Or mx51evk and babbage ? Or
(following some other bad examples...) ?

Best regards,
Stefano Babic

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