From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ozlabs.org (ozlabs.org [IPv6:2401:3900:2:1::2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ADH-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3wRFxp2j7LzDqP3 for ; Mon, 15 May 2017 19:43:10 +1000 (AEST) From: Michael Ellerman To: pc@us.ibm.com, Nicholas Piggin , linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/64s: dt_cpu_ftrs boot time setup option In-Reply-To: <7f6307f3-6b5a-f655-a93c-3eb4bb1c2062@us.ibm.com> References: <20170511112441.30287-1-npiggin@gmail.com> <9b214f48-9d56-440c-f6d0-6308ff47305d@us.ibm.com> <87inl6butu.fsf@concordia.ellerman.id.au> <7f6307f3-6b5a-f655-a93c-3eb4bb1c2062@us.ibm.com> Date: Mon, 15 May 2017 19:43:08 +1000 Message-ID: <87vap2a21f.fsf@concordia.ellerman.id.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Paul Clarke writes: > On 05/11/2017 10:46 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote: >> Paul Clarke writes: >>> On 05/11/2017 06:24 AM, Nicholas Piggin wrote: >>>> Provide a dt_cpu_ftrs= cmdline option to disable the dt_cpu_ftrs CPU >>>> feature discovery, and fall back to the "cputable" based version. >>> >>> This boat has already sailed, I think, but "ftrs"? >> >> What you think vowels grow on trees! :) > > At least you're using lower-case, which takes less space. ;-) > >>> Was it too difficult to type "features"? > > I see "ftrs" and think "footers". "FTR" - the shouty version - has meant "feature" in the powerpc code base since at least 2002. So it may be a crappy abbreviation but it's at least consistent :) cheers