[patch 1/1] ARM: kirkwood: stop printk TCLK value at boot for DT boards

Andrew Lunn andrew at lunn.ch
Fri Nov 8 04:09:28 EST 2013


> >Kirkwood: MV88F6281-A0, TCLK=0
> >
> >This patch modifies the message for printing only the kirkwood id,
> >as it allows to detect if we're running A0/A1/... variants with a simple
> >dmesg.
> 
> Arnaud,
> 
> for DT based booting we also have the "Machine" printed right above the
> "Kirkwood" string. Don't you think, that we can remove the pr_info
> completely?

Hi Sebastian

I think it is useful, as a debug tool. What is printed here is probed
from the hardware. We know it is correct. The Machine string is from
DT and somebody could be trying to boot with the wrong DT blob.

   Andrew



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