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

[Santosh Shilimkar]

On Wednesday 30 January 2013 04:42 AM, Ruslan Bilovol wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 6:08 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux
> <linux at arm.linux.org.uk> wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Yes, it would be very surprisingly :)
>
>>
>> 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.
>
> Completely agree with you. I will fix this
>
Thank god you agreed to drop your current approach. Please elaborate
what you are going to fix and also state what user-space features
changes from OMAP4460 to OMAP4470.

Regards,
Santosh