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From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH pci] PCI: remove the PCI_VENDOR_ID_NXP alias
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On Sun, Dec 03, 2023 at 05:16:54PM +0200, Vladimir Oltean wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 11:10:19AM +0000, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > Why would we remove name of the current company and use the name of a
> > > company that doesn't exist any more?
> > 
> > Yes, this seems very odd.  What is the reason for any of this other than
> > marketing?  Kernel code doesn't do marketing :)
> 
> I'm not sure who is doing the marketing; not me, that's for sure.
> The patch that I'm proposing undoes these strange aliases.

Why?  Who did it originally in what commit id and what was wrong with
them then?

thanks,

greg k-h