[PATCH] [POWERPC] Move generic MPC82xx functions out of ADS-specific

Laurent Pinchart laurentp at cse-semaphore.com
Fri Jul 13 01:07:31 EST 2007


Hi Scott,

On Wednesday 11 July 2007 17:25, Scott Wood wrote:
> Laurent Pinchart wrote:
> > On Tuesday 10 July 2007 20:05, Scott Wood wrote:
> >>Why are you also moving mpc82xx_ads_show_cpuinfo() to the board file?
> >>It's not really ADS-specific; it should just be renamed.
> >
> > For the MPC82xx ADS boards, mpc82xx_ads_show_cpuinfo() prints
> >
> > Vendor              : Freescale Semiconductor
> > Machine             : PQ2 ADS PowerPC
> >
> > The vendor string is hardcoded to "Freescale Semiconductor", and the
> > machine string is defined in pq2ads.h. What should show_cpuinfo() print ?
> > Should the vendor be the board vendor or the CPU vendor ? What about the
> > machine ?
>
> Ah, I missed that.  I'd just get rid of "Vendor" altogether, and include
> the vendor name in the machine name.

Is there any standard/documentation regarding what show_cpuinfo should print ? 
Should it show CPU information only, or board information as well ? What 
about the memory size, clock settings, ... ? What are the meanings 
of "vendor" and "machine" ?

-- 
Laurent Pinchart
CSE Semaphore Belgium



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