linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 03/10] pinctrl: mvebu: kirkwood pinctrl driver

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Date:	Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:51:06 +0200
From:	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:	Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Sebastian Hesselbarth <sebastian.hesselbarth@...il.com>,
	Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	Jason Cooper <jason@...edaemon.net>,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Rob Herring <rob.herring@...xeda.com>,
	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>,
	Lior Amsalem <alior@...vell.com>,
	Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@...ethink.co.uk>,
	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
	Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@...e-electrons.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 03/10] pinctrl: mvebu: kirkwood pinctrl driver

> So, wouldn't we need a small, architecture-independent, infrastructure,
> through which architecture-specific code could "register" at boot
> time which SoC we are running on, and drivers could query this
> information from the common infrastructure?
> 
> Of course, the major problem is to figure out what is the good
> representation for this SoC identifier. Do we need a big list of SoCs
> like we had machine IDs? A simple string? Or maybe there is just no
> good way, and the whole idea is moot.

I did think about stuffing it inside the cpuinfo structures:

$ cat /proc/cpuinfo 
Processor       : Feroceon 88FR131 rev 1 (v5l)
BogoMIPS        : 1196.85
Features        : swp half thumb fastmult edsp 
CPU implementer : 0x56
CPU architecture: 5TE
CPU variant     : 0x2
CPU part        : 0x131
CPU revision    : 1

Hardware        : BUBBA3 Kirkwood based miniserver
Revision        : 0000
Serial          : 0000000000000000

I could imaging a 
SoC             : MV88F6281

It would probably need a bit of string parsing by any consumer, which
is not so good.

   Andrew
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