[PATCH] powerpc: Add second POWER8 PVR entry

Anshuman Khandual khandual at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Thu Jul 18 16:19:00 EST 2013


On 07/18/2013 07:01 AM, Michael Neuling wrote:
> POWER8 comes with two different PVRs.  This patch enables the additional
> PVR in the cputable.
> 
> The existing entry (PVR=0x4b) is renamed to POWER8E and the new entry
> (PVR=0x4d) is given POWER8.

Hey Mikey,

Is there any feature or architectural difference between these two different
PVR based P8 chips ?

Regards
Anshuman



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