From: arnd@arndb•de (Arnd Bergmann)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] ARM: bcm4760: Add platform infrastructure
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 14:00:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201307211400.21295.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d40f0756-7ba0-4416-9576-63470274be1b@email.android.com>
On Sunday 21 July 2013, Domenico Andreoli wrote:
> >bonus points if you use soc_device_register();
> >
> >What is the system_rev variable actually used for?
>
> I use it to show something sensible in /proc/cpuinfo, to report
> whether the soc is a 4760 or 4761 and the silicon revision.
>
> If the proper way to deal with this has so much boilerplate as
> you say, I think I'll drop it altogether. I'd like to print the info
> somewhere in the bootlog anyway.
>
> btw this could well be one of the accesses requiring the io
> mapping above.
If it's just for informational purposes, soc_device_register() sounds like
the correct place to put that information, you can register a couple
of strings there that get put into sysfs at a known location for the
SoC, and keeps the cpuinfo for the actual CPU core.
Arnd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-07-21 12:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-07-21 0:23 [PATCH 0/5] ARM: Broadcom BCM4760 support Domenico Andreoli
2013-07-21 0:23 ` [PATCH 1/5] ARM: bcm4760: Add platform infrastructure Domenico Andreoli
2013-07-21 8:09 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-07-21 10:29 ` Domenico Andreoli
2013-07-21 12:00 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2013-07-22 23:52 ` Domenico Andreoli
2013-07-21 23:42 ` Domenico Andreoli
2013-07-21 0:23 ` [PATCH 2/5] ARM: bcm4760: Add system timer Domenico Andreoli
2013-07-21 8:14 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-07-22 23:44 ` Domenico Andreoli
2013-07-21 0:23 ` [PATCH 3/5] ARM: bcm4760: Add ripple counter Domenico Andreoli
2013-07-21 0:23 ` [PATCH 4/5] ARM: bcm4760: Add stub clock driver Domenico Andreoli
2013-07-21 8:16 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-07-21 0:23 ` [PATCH 5/5] ARM: bcm4760: Add restart hook Domenico Andreoli
2013-07-21 8:20 ` Arnd Bergmann
2013-07-22 21:14 ` Domenico Andreoli
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