[PATCH 00/14] Support 64bit Cortex A57 based Exynos7 SoC

Tomasz Figa tomasz.figa at gmail.com
Sat Sep 13 03:57:40 PDT 2014


On 27.08.2014 13:34, Tomasz Figa wrote:
> Hi Naveen,
> 
> On 27.08.2014 11:44, Naveen Krishna Chatradhi wrote:
>> This patchset supports new Exynos7 Samsung SoC based on Cortex-A57.
>> Exynos7 is a System-On-Chip (SoC) that is based on 64-bit
>> ARMv8 RISC processor.
> 
> A general issue with this series is that it introduces a very generic
> name for a very specific single SoC. We remember exactly the same cases
> for Exynos4 (original name used for Exynos5250) and Exynos5 (Exynos5250)
> and we should have learned that it is better to use a specific name
> first and only then try to make things common if it turns out to be
> appropriate.

Any comments on this?



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