Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 9 Jan 2023 15:21:18 +0100 | From | Piergiorgio Beruto <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 5/5] drivers/net/phy: add driver for the onsemi NCN26000 10BASE-T1S PHY |
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On Mon, Jan 09, 2023 at 02:31:39PM +0100, Andrew Lunn wrote: > Linux tends to ignore Marketing, because Marketing tends to change its > mind every 6 months. Also, Linux ignores companies being bought and > sold, changing their name. So this PHY will forever be called whatever > name you give it here. The vitesse PHY driver is an example of > this. They got bought by Microsemi, and then Microchip bought > Microsemi. The PHY driver is still called vitesse.c. > > How about using the legal name, 'ON Semiconductor > Corporation' That's perfectly clear Andrew, I can certainly see why Linux should ignore marketing.
Sill, 'ON Semiconductor' is the old company name, the product datasheet can be found at www.onsemi.com. I would honestly feel more comfortable using the current company name. If you really want the first 'o' to be capitalized, then so be it. Hopefully people will not notice :-)
Thanks, Piergiorgio
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