Messages in this thread | | | From | Arnd Bergmann <> | Date | Wed, 19 Jan 2022 08:44:54 +0100 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] arm64: Add Cortex-X2 CPU part definition |
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On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 7:44 AM Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com> wrote: > On 1/13/22 5:17 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > > > It also helps me personally to have a known place to look up the names > > by value rather than chasing through reference manuals. > > IIUC the purpose here would be a quick CPU ID documentation reference check ? > I will wait for other opinions here and add the remaining in a separate patch > probably.
The purpose would be to do what is obviously the right thing, and to avoid more patches getting sent the next time someone needs to add a workaround for another core that is already known.
If you can't do this without more discussion, then just use your current version and let the next person do it.
Arnd
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