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charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 7/22/26 09:15, Conor Dooley wrote: > On Tue, Jul 21, 2026 at 10:56:36AM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote: >> On 7/21/26 08:49, Conor Dooley wrote: >>> On Tue, Jul 21, 2026 at 02:48:27AM -0700, Troy Mitchell wrote: >>>> Add the vendor prefix for Sensylink Microelectronics. >>>> >>>> Signed-off-by: Troy Mitchell >>>> --- >>>> 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 396044f368e7..22d0d26f1bbd 100644 >>>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml >>>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/vendor-prefixes.yaml >>>> @@ -1467,6 +1467,8 @@ patternProperties: >>>> description: Sensirion AG >>>> "^sensortek,.*": >>>> description: Sensortek Technology Corporation >>>> + "^sensylink,.*": >>>> + description: Sensylink Microelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. >>> >>> Googling the company to see what their website is, I seem to see a >>> different name for the company: Shanghai Sensylink Microelectronics Inc. >>> Their website has that with the Shanghai dropped. >>> >>> Also, probably the commit message should contain >>> Link: https://en.sensylink.com/ >>> >> >> Asking Google search: "Why the two names ? Did they rename themselves at some point ?" > > The google search "AI" response was what showed me the different name, > sounds like I should have questioned it some more! > >> >> Response: >> >> Understanding the Name Structure >> >> 1. English Legal Name vs. Marketing Abbreviation >> >> Sensylink Microelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.: >> This is the literal translation of their full, formal registered corporate name >> used for international trade, customs, and legal documentation. >> >> Sensylink Microelectronics Inc.: >> This is a simplified, Westernized abbreviation used on their official >> English website and marketing materials for cleaner global branding. >> >> 2. The Native Chinese Name >> >> 上海申矽凌微电子科技股份有限公司 (Shanghai Shenxiling Microelectronics Technology >> Co., Ltd.): This is the company's sole, official legal name registered with >> the Chinese government. >> >> "Sensylink" is a portmanteau created specifically for international markets, >> blending "Sensing" (their core technology) and "Link" (their interface and >> connectivity products). >> >> Prodding further, asking if the previous response was complete, it tells >> me that there was a name change: >> >> According to Chinese corporate registry data (via Tianyancha and Qcc), >> they did change their official Chinese legal name: >> >> Old Name: 上海申矽凌微电子科技有限公司 (Shanghai Sensylink Microelectronics Technology >> Co., Ltd.) >> >> New Name: 上海申矽凌微电子科技股份有限公司 (Shanghai Sensylink Microelectronics Technology >> Co., Ltd. by Shares / Joint-Stock Company) >> >> I don't know if Linux has a policy about Legal vs. Marketing names. Personally >> I don't have an opinion. Your call, really. > > I don't know what the policy is, or if there is one, but personally I > wouldn't use the westernised abbreviation since they may decide to rebrand > that etc and the vendor prefix information should remain static. > > So this is probably fine as-is, just I'd like to see that link added to > their website. > > Thanks (and thanks for doing the extra digging), Part of that extra digging nowadays is to ask it if its initial response is real or if it was hallucinated. Sadly enough, most of the time it will admit that at least part of the initial response does not match reality. That was the case here as well, because it initially did claim that the company never changed their name (of course, the next question to ask would be if it really changed its name or if that was another hallucination ;-). Guenter