[PATCH 2/3] backlight/arcxcnn fix vendor prefix

Daniel Thompson daniel.thompson at linaro.org
Mon Jun 24 10:24:05 UTC 2019


On Sat, Jun 22, 2019 at 12:13:25AM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > [Sorry to those receiving this twice... had to dig this out from the
> > archives and sent it to the lists from the wrong mailer]
> > 
> > On 27/11/2018 00:44, Brian Dodge wrote:
> > >Thank you Pavel, that is a good point.
> > >
> > >The chip vendor has indicated that there is no reason to maintain the
> > >old/improper prefix and wishes to go forward (only) with the "arctic"
> > >prefix and any existing dts files are or will be updated.
> > 
> > Looks like this patch series has fallen into the cracks a little.
> > 
> > I think I assumed this info would end in the description of patch v2 1/3 (in
> > order to answer Rob's feedback) and I sat and waited for a respin. On the
> > other hand... I didn't actually say that explicitly anywhere! So... I'd
> > recommend a respin perhaps with a small bit of text explaining how the
> > vendor can state that any existing dts files will be updated. This is a
> > peripheral device so these strings are probably embedded into OEM
> > devicetrees rather than exclusively under the control of the vendor.
> 
> So in next email you give good reason not to apply this :-).

Afraid so... it was on page 2 of my google search so I did a quick
search, sent the first mail and then went back to my web browser.

It was at that moment that I decided a quick search wasn't enough and
decided to got a little deeper!


Daniel.


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