[RFC PATCH v3 1/2] ARM: kernel: update cpuinfo to print SoC model name

[Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD]

On 17:01 Wed 30 Jan     , Ruslan Bilovol wrote:
> Currently, reading /proc/cpuinfo provides userspace with CPU ID of
> the CPU carrying out the read from the file.
> Userspace using this information may decide what module
> to load or how to configure some specific (and processor-depended)
> settings or so.
> However, since really different SoCs can share same ARM core,
> this information currently is not so useful.
> For example, TI OMAP4460 and OMAP4470 SoCs show the same
> information in the /proc/cpuinfo whereas they are different.
> Since in most cases ARM CPU is a part of some system on a chip (SoC),
> the "cpuinfo" file looks like exactly that place, where this
> information have to be displayed.
> 
> So added new line "SoC name" in the "cpuinfo" output for system
> on a chip name. It is placed between CPU information and machine
> information, so the file structure looks gracefully (CPU-SoC-Hardware)
Nack

this break the kernel ABI

and we have now socinfo via sysfs

Best Regards,
J.
> 
> Example:
> 
> / # cat proc/cpuinfo
> [...]
> CPU variant     : 0x2
> CPU part        : 0xc09
> CPU revision    : 10
> 
> SoC name        : OMAP4470
> 
> Hardware        : OMAP4 Blaze Tablet
> Revision        : 20edb4
> [...]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ruslan Bilovol <ruslan.bilovol at ti.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/include/asm/setup.h |    1 +
>  arch/arm/kernel/setup.c      |    9 +++++++++
>  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/setup.h
> index c50f056..621df40 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/setup.h
> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/setup.h
> @@ -52,5 +52,6 @@ extern struct meminfo meminfo;
>  extern int arm_add_memory(phys_addr_t start, phys_addr_t size);
>  extern void early_print(const char *str, ...);
>  extern void dump_machine_table(void);
> +extern void set_soc_model_name(char *name);
>  
>  #endif
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
> index 3f6cbb2..bb3805f 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
> @@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ char elf_platform[ELF_PLATFORM_SIZE];
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(elf_platform);
>  
>  static const char *cpu_name;
> +static const char *soc_name;
>  static const char *machine_name;
>  static char __initdata cmd_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE];
>  struct machine_desc *machine_desc __initdata;
> @@ -493,6 +494,11 @@ static void __init setup_processor(void)
>  	cpu_init();
>  }
>  
> +void set_soc_model_name(char *name)
> +{
> +	soc_name = name;
> +}
> +
>  void __init dump_machine_table(void)
>  {
>  	struct machine_desc *p;
> @@ -902,6 +908,9 @@ static int c_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
>  		seq_printf(m, "CPU revision\t: %d\n\n", cpuid & 15);
>  	}
>  
> +	if (soc_name)
> +		seq_printf(m, "SoC name\t: %s\n\n", soc_name);
> +
>  	seq_printf(m, "Hardware\t: %s\n", machine_name);
>  	seq_printf(m, "Revision\t: %04x\n", system_rev);
>  	seq_printf(m, "Serial\t\t: %08x%08x\n",
> -- 
> 1.7.9.5
> 
> 
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