Apologies, removing the disclaimer at the bottom.
> -----Original Message----- > From: dev <dev-boun...@dpdk.org> On Behalf Of Honnappa Nagarahalli > Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2018 11:37 PM > To: dev@dpdk.org > Cc: Jacob, Jerin <jerin.jacobkollanukka...@cavium.com>; Gavin Hu (Arm > Technology China) <gavin...@arm.com>; Hemant Agrawal > <hemant.agra...@nxp.com>; debayang.qdt > <debayang....@qualcommdatacenter.com>; Thomas Monjalon > <tho...@monjalon.net> > Subject: [dpdk-dev] Correct use of Arm related names > > Hi, > This email was triggered by a request to change ARM to Arm in the dpdk.org > webpage. I went down the path of finding out the correct names to use. There > has not been consistency in using these names across all other projects. So, > the recommendation I have got is, 'choose something and use it consistently' > (within the DPDK project). Following are my recommendations (please notice > the lower/upper case of the letters): > > Architectural State: > aarch64/arm64 - referring to aarch64 state - recommended: aarch64 > aarch32/arm32 - referring to aarch32 state - recommended: aarch32 (arm32 > might create confusion with armv7) > > ISA: > armv8.x > armv7.x > > Any reference to Company name: > Arm > > So, everything is lower case except when referring to the company (for ex: > Copyright) name. > > Please let me know if you have any questions. > > Thank you, > Honnappa
