[PATCHv5 0/3] Introduce the /proc/socinfo and use it to export OMAP data

Linus Walleij linus.walleij at linaro.org
Tue Feb 15 07:58:00 EST 2011


2010/5/11 Eduardo Valentin <eduardo.valentin at nokia.com>:

> Here is the version 5 of the change to export OMAP data to userspace
> (name, revision, id code, production id and die id).
>
> Basically, this version is still attempting to create a new file under /proc.
> It is the /proc/socinfo, which should be used to export bits which are SoC specific
> (not CPU related, nor machine related).
>
> So, differences between previous version are:
> - merged patch 02/04 with 03/04 to avoid compilation breakages.
> - simplified the seq_file usage by using the single_open and single_release functions
> - exported a function to register a seq_operation .show callback
> - adapted the changes accordingly
>
> As usual, comments are welcome.

Eduardo, what has happened to this patchset?

Now we need something similar for arch/arm/mach-ux500 and I was sort of
hoping that this infrastructure would be in place already... wrong I was.

Do you want help in picking it up and try to polish it up?

Yours,
Linus Walleij



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