Dear Arno Fischer, In message <mpg.247e51b45d39ae3e989...@news.gmane.org> you wrote: > In article <1242463666-28583-6-git-send-email...@denx.de>, w...@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 -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: w...@denx.de I don't want to be young again, I just don't want to get any older. _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
