[PATCH] CONFIG_SOC_IMX6Q = i.MX6 Quad/DualLite/Solo

Krzysztof Hałasa khalasa at piap.pl
Wed Oct 6 01:17:52 PDT 2021


Lucas Stach <l.stach at pengutronix.de> writes:

>> Print i.MX6 "Solo" name in addition to the "Quad" and "DualLite"
>> for SOC_IMX6Q.
>> 
> I don't think that's helpful, you would need to at least also print
> "Dual" to make it correct. The Solo is just a fused down version of the
> DualLite, just as the Dual is a fused down version of the Quad.
>
> Quad/DualLite refers to the two different die versions of the chip.

Perhaps we need to print Dual as well.

ATM "cat /proc/cpuinfo" (and everything using it) prints "Freescale
i.MX6 Quad/DualLite (Device Tree)" on Solo and this is, at best,
misleading: making people wonder what CPU do they really have.
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