On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 04:59:42PM -0500, Olof Johansson wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 04:49:00PM -0700, Dale Farnsworth wrote:
> > From: Mark A. Greer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > Remove several unused (or software config only) properties.
> > Rename marvel node to "soc". Technically, it's not an SOC,
> > but its organization is the same as an SOC. Also, rename the
> > "block-index" property to "cell-index" to conform to current
> > practice.
>
> I see this rename as purely misleading. It isn't an soc, so it shouldn't
> be named as such. Call it system-controller or something. Pretty much
> any other name is better. :-)
I agree. system-controller, host-bridge, north-bridge, maybe, but not
soc. With current conventions, the node name is primarily for the
benefit of human readers, so if it misleads it has failed entirely in
its purpose.
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