[PATCH v2] powerpc: Add cpu family documentation

James Yang James.Yang at freescale.com
Thu May 15 04:04:46 EST 2014


On Wed, 30 Apr 2014, Scott Wood wrote:

> On Wed, 2014-04-30 at 16:45 +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> > On Tue, 2014-02-04 at 16:43 -0600, Scott Wood wrote: 
> > > > +Motorola/Freescale 8xx
> > > > +----------------------
> > > > +
> > > > + - Software loaded with hardware assist.
> > > > + - All 32 bit
> > > > +
> > > > +   +--------------+
> > > > +   |     8xx      |
> > > > +   +--------------+
> > > > +          |
> > > > +          |
> > > > +          v
> > > > +   +--------------+
> > > > +   |     850      |
> > > > +   +--------------+
> > > 
> > > Is the core of MPC850 different from other MPC8xx?
> > 
> > Dunno, maybe someone who works at Freescale knows ;)
> 
> I think they're the same -- I was just wondering if you had some
> difference in mind that led you to single it out.


They are the same.  

There should not be a separate box that singles out 850.  (Still don't 
know why the diagram was drawn to single out 850 in the first place.)

The CPU core should be called "MPC8xx Core".  



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