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Date:   Tue, 17 Jul 2018 17:20:35 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To:     Chris Healy <cphealy@gmail.com>
Cc:     Andrey Smirnov <andrew.smirnov@gmail.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: dts: vf610: Add ZII SSMB SPU3 board
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> >> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/vf610-zii-ssmb-spu3.dts
> >> @@ -0,0 +1,343 @@
> >> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR MIT)
> >> +
> >> +/*
> >> + * Device tree file for ZII's SSMB SPU3 board
> >> + *
> >> + * SSMB - SPU3 Switch Management Board
> >> + * SPU - Seat Power Unit
> >
> > I think this is the first Zodiac board with mutually recursive
> > acronyms.
> >
> > Probably a question for Chris: Does SSMB specifically refer to version
> > 3 of the SPU?
> >
> >    Andrew
> 
> SPU3 is the third generation of seat power unit.
> SSMB is the SPU3 Switch Management Board.
> 
> So, SSMB is a backronym.  This naming scheme breaks down a bit though
> when follow on designs (that are not the SPU3) also use the SSMB, but
> that's what it is... ;-)

O.K, i was just wondering if the 3 was in the wrong place. More
logically, it would be

* SSMB - SPU Switch Management Board
* SPU 3 - Seat Power Unit, version 3.

But you are saying the Marketing guys messed up the naming and
engineering is now stuck with it.

	    Andrew