From: Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] Backlight for v5.8
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2020 21:18:58 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200604201858.GA3714@dell> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAHk-=wgUg1v5hJ0D-tGnY4-YM2za+jtGQ2r2DG0Bq6OOxnMtHw@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, 04 Jun 2020, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 3, 2020 at 2:04 AM Lee Jones <lee.jones@linaro.org> wrote:
> >
> > - Convert to GPIO descriptors; l4f00242t03
>
> I'm impressed by that completely nonsensical device naming scheme.
>
> I had to look it up because I thought that line might have been line noise.
>
> I know some manufacturers and tech people have "issues" with naming,
> but I thought it was mainly just DRAM chip manufacturers that used the
> output from /dev/urandom to generate names.
What can I say, there is no accounting for taste.
To be fair, I've seen quite a few panels/LCDs with long, seemingly
meaningless model numbers. Many times they have information encoded
within them. Hopefully they mean something to someone anyway!
> Ass a few special characters, and it would make for an excellent password.
Yes, indeed. :)
--
Lee Jones [李琼斯]
Linaro Services Technical Lead
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-06-04 20:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-06-03 9:04 [GIT PULL] Backlight for v5.8 Lee Jones
2020-06-04 17:47 ` Linus Torvalds
2020-06-04 20:18 ` Lee Jones [this message]
2020-06-04 18:25 ` pr-tracker-bot
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