[PATCH] ARM: /proc/cpuinfo: DT: Add support for Revision

Rob Herring robherring2 at gmail.com
Fri Jan 30 13:03:36 PST 2015


lOn Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 8:14 AM, Pali Rohár <pali.rohar at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Monday 26 January 2015 21:22:27 Rob Herring wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 1:09 PM, Pali Rohár
> <pali.rohar at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Ok, here is patch which set Revision field (global variable
>> > system_rev) in /proc/cpuinfo from DT revision property:

[...]

>> > I do not know which DT property to use for storing HW
>> > Revision, so if "/revision" is not correct one, let me know
>> > what to use instead. Also you can add my Signed-off-by for
>> > both patches.
>>
>> It is the correct property, but /revision in DT is a string.
>>
>> You need to add your own sign-off.
>>
>> Rob
>
> Any documentation which says that /revision is string?

Sorry, I was confusing this with serial-number, so I guess a number is
fine here.

> If it is really string, how to store ATAG_REVISON (number) to
> string? dec or hex?

However /proc/cpuinfo displays it would be fine if you stay with a string.

Rob



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