[PATCH v3 1/3] arm64: dts: r8a7796: Add Renesas R8A7796 SoC support

Geert Uytterhoeven geert at linux-m68k.org
Thu May 26 23:39:38 PDT 2016


On Fri, May 27, 2016 at 2:42 AM, Simon Horman <horms at verge.net.au> wrote:
>   Probably there are some central aspects of cpus that are shared
>   between the r8a7795 and r8a7796. And I think that your patch captures
>   that. But I also think that there will be non-shared aspects and
>   perhaps the complexity of splitting the cpus node between per-SoC
>   and common dtsi files isn't worth it.

R8a7795 and r8a7796 have different numbers of CPU cores, and different
maximum frequencies, thus needing different operating-point properties.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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