Re: [DO NOT MERGE v6 26/37] dt-bindings: vendor-prefixes: Add smi

From: Rob Herring
Date: Thu Jan 11 2024 - 09:59:46 EST


On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 04:11:44PM +0000, Conor Dooley wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 12:23:37PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > Hi Conor,
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 9, 2024 at 7:06 PM Conor Dooley <conor@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jan 09, 2024 at 05:23:23PM +0900, Yoshinori Sato wrote:
> > > > Add Silicon Mortion Technology Corporation
> >
> > Motion
> >
> > > > https://www.siliconmotion.com/
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml | 2 ++
> > > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml
> > > > index 94ed63d9f7de..a338bdd743ab 100644
> > > > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml
> > > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml
> > > > @@ -1283,6 +1283,8 @@ patternProperties:
> > > > description: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
> > > > "^smartlabs,.*":
> > > > description: SmartLabs LLC
> > > > + "^smi,.*":
> > > > + description: Silicon Motion Technology Corporation
> > >
> > > How come "smi" is used for a company with this name?
> > > Why is it not something like SMTC? There's probably some history here
> > > that I am unaware of.
> >
> > See Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/sm501fb.txt
> > The stock ticker is "SIMO", though.
> > https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/stocks/simo
>
> If there's an existing user, there's little reason to stand in the way I
> think.
> Acked-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Or reason not to apply, so I'm applying this.

BTW, 'RFC' is the standard way to say 'DO NOT MERGE'.

Rob