Re: [commit] Replace "Hitachi" and "Mitsubishi" with "Renesas"

Andrew Cagney
2003-10-10T14:34:00Z

> Hello,
>
> While I was writing a documentation for m32r new remote target,
> I found that there were a lot of "Hitachi" and "Mitsubishi" in
> source files and documentations.
>
> Since they are now Renesas Technology, I replaced them with
> "Renesas."
>
> I've committed this as obvious.

Unfortunatly, this one isn't so obvious, sigh! Should "Hitachi" or
"Mitsubishi" appears in an historic context then that name should be
retained - we need to avoid rewriting history. For instance:

-Hitachi America, Ltd. sponsored the support for H8/300, H8/500, and
+Renesas America, Ltd. sponsored the support for H8/300, H8/500, and
Super-H processors.

"Hitachi" (a specific legal entity), and not "Renesas" sponsored the H8
development. At that time Renesas did not exist.

Similarly, for specific products that didn't survive the merger, I think
it's again better to let the comments reflect history (Is the E7000
still live? For the d10v, I've never had success finding anything
public on it and I've tried a number of sources, would you have a pointer?)

I see that you've carefully avoided touching the SH-5. My hunch that
having the sh4/sh5 split would, in the long run, make lives easier was
correct :-)

enjoy,
Andrew