Re: [RFC PATCH 1/2] ARM: kernel: update cpuinfo to print CPU model name

[Ruslan Bilovol]

Hi,

On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 6:08 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux
<linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 05:54:24PM +0200, Ruslan Bilovol wrote:
>> CPU implementer : 0x41
>> CPU name        : OMAP4470 ES1.0 HS
>
> Sigh.  No.  Look at what you're doing - look carefully at the above.
>
> "CPU implementer" - 0x41.  That's A.  For ARM Ltd.  ARM Ltd implemented
> this CPU.  Did ARM Ltd really implement OMAP4470 ?  I think TI would be
> very upset if that were to be the case.

Yes, it would be very surprisingly :)

>
> So no, OMAP4470 is _NOT_ a CPU.  It is a SoC.  The CPU inside the SoC is
> a collection of ARM Ltd Cortex A9 _CPUs_.
>
> See?  Please, learn what a CPU is as opposed to a SoC.

Completely agree with you. I will fix this
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