[PATCH v2 2/9] soc: imx8mp: Soc ID is 128bit

Sascha Hauer s.hauer at pengutronix.de
Mon Nov 17 03:02:15 PST 2025


On Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 10:59:56AM +0100, Jonas Rebmann wrote:
> Hi Sascha,
> 
> On 2025-11-17 09:35, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> > On i.MX8MP the SoC ID has 128 bits instead of 64 bits as on other i.MX8M
> > SoCs. Read the remaining 64 bits which so far haven't been included in
> > the SoC ID.
> > 
> > On already rolled out devices a change of the SoC ID is undesired, so
> > this commit introduces CONFIG_ARCH_IMX8MP_KEEP_COMPATIBLE_SOC_UID. With
> > this option enabled the old SoC ID will be used.
> 
> I think we should avoid using the terms SoC ID and SoC UID
> interchangeably. Apparently some (TI) refer to SoC part numbers as SoC
> IDs, which I find confusing enough by itself.

Right. I'll look through the series and replace the remaining
occurences of SoC ID with SoC UID.

Sascha

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