[PATCH] arm64: Get rid of struct cpu_table

Arnd Bergmann arnd at arndb.de
Fri Mar 13 05:07:54 PDT 2015


On Friday 13 March 2015 12:02:13 Marc Zyngier wrote:
> struct cpu_table is an artifact left from the (very) early days of
> the arm64 port, and its only real use is to allow the most beautiful
> "AArch64 Processor" string to be displayed at boot time.
> 
> Really? Yes, really.
> 
> Let's get rid of it. In order to avoid another BogoMips-gate, the
> aforementioned string is preserved.
> 
> Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>
> 

Nice catch!

	Arnd



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