[PATCH] powerpc/64s: dt_cpu_ftrs boot time setup option

[Michael Ellerman]

Paul Clarke <pc at us.ibm.com> writes:

> On 05/11/2017 10:46 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
>> Paul Clarke <pc at us.ibm.com> writes:
>>> On 05/11/2017 06:24 AM, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
>>>> Provide a dt_cpu_ftrs= cmdline option to disable the dt_cpu_ftrs CPU
>>>> feature discovery, and fall back to the "cputable" based version.
>>>
>>> This boat has already sailed, I think, but "ftrs"?
>> 
>> What you think vowels grow on trees! :)
>
> At least you're using lower-case, which takes less space.  ;-)
>
>>> Was it too difficult to type "features"?
>
> I see "ftrs" and think "footers".

"FTR" - the shouty version - has meant "feature" in the powerpc code
base since at least 2002.

So it may be a crappy abbreviation but it's at least consistent :)

cheers