Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754755AbXEAQii (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 May 2007 12:38:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754756AbXEAQii (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 May 2007 12:38:38 -0400 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.172]:54912 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754755AbXEAQih (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 May 2007 12:38:37 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=Ghwt+Mcai3JCKRO3xXscHLlY3kasv6FDcxv7T0MqTil6oXAwROwQLYocXYXw3WeyeyVGqeXFbZ4LCRqWHIhc8v2Ew/wcBg7szRURY9QSXYz72bKcCKl55x52fL0Bpzje4iklez4Ux8A9w0inNAsP5Kl5wUvf8aUs6Gy2miWRtEw= Message-ID: <46376D14.9060803@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 01 May 2007 20:38:44 +0400 From: Dmitry Krivoschekov User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20060911) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ian CC: Paul Sokolovsky , kernel-discuss@handhelds.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk Subject: Re: [Kernel-discuss] Re: [RFC, PATCH 0/4] SoC base drivers References: <1354376306.20070501080806@gmail.com> <46374645.2030900@gmail.com> <1178034935.15769.3.camel@wirenth> In-Reply-To: <1178034935.15769.3.camel@wirenth> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 913 Lines: 28 ian wrote: > On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 17:53 +0400, Dmitry Krivoschekov wrote: >> Hi Paul, > >> I think your referring to the term "SoC (system-on-chip)" is confusing >> (at least for me). You rather consider companion chips than SoCs. > > A 'System' does not imply a CPU. A 'Computer System' would but the word > system itself doesnt even imply electronic. > > A "system" means something complete. Yes I agree it doesn't imply a CPU, but acronym SoC traditionally imply something different than you propose. Adding another meaning for SoC will confuse people because they will have to distinguish if it is a processor or just a slave IC. Thanks, Dmitry Thanks, Dmitry - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/