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

On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 6:08 PM, Russell King - ARM Linux
<linux@arm.linux.org.uk> 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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