linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH ] arm64: cpuinfo: Add "model name" in /proc/cpuinfo for 64bit tasks also

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Date:   Tue, 30 Aug 2016 10:19:35 +0100
From:   Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:     Sumit Gupta <sumitg@...dia.com>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        mark.rutland@....com, yang.shi@...aro.org, steve.capper@...aro.org,
        suzuki.poulose@....com, will.deacon@....com, julien.grall@....com,
        bbasu@...dia.com, james.morse@....com, linux-tegra@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH ] arm64: cpuinfo: Add "model name" in /proc/cpuinfo for
 64bit tasks also

On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 02:32:25PM +0530, Sumit Gupta wrote:
> Removed restriction of displaying model name for 32 bit tasks only.
> Because of this Processor details were not displayed in
> "System setting -> Details" in Ubuntu model name display is generic
> and can be printed for 64 bit also.
> 
> model name : ARMv8 Processor rev X (v8l)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sumit Gupta <sumitg@...dia.com>

You didn't give a reason why this is needed. For 32-bit tasks, we did it
for backwards compatibility with code checking for it.

-- 
Catalin