[RFC PATCH 1/2] ARM: kernel: update cpuinfo to print CPU model name

Russell King - ARM Linux linux at arm.linux.org.uk
Tue Jan 29 11:08:27 EST 2013


On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 05:54:24PM +0200, Ruslan Bilovol wrote:
> CPU implementer : 0x41
> CPU name        : OMAP4470 ES1.0 HS

Sigh.  No.  Look at what you're doing - look carefully at the above.

"CPU implementer" - 0x41.  That's A.  For ARM Ltd.  ARM Ltd implemented
this CPU.  Did ARM Ltd really implement OMAP4470 ?  I think TI would be
very upset if that were to be the case.

So no, OMAP4470 is _NOT_ a CPU.  It is a SoC.  The CPU inside the SoC is
a collection of ARM Ltd Cortex A9 _CPUs_.

See?  Please, learn what a CPU is as opposed to a SoC.



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