linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] arm64: cpuinfo: make /proc/cpuinfo more human-readable

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Date:   Fri, 20 Oct 2017 20:50:42 -0400
From:   Jon Masters <jcm@...hat.com>
To:     Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, Al Stone <ahs3@...hat.com>
Cc:     Timur Tabi <timur@...eaurora.org>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, rruigrok@...eaurora.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] arm64: cpuinfo: make /proc/cpuinfo more
 human-readable

On 10/20/2017 01:24 PM, Jon Masters wrote:

> 1). The first thing people do when they get an Arm server is to cat
> /proc/cpuinfo. They then come complaining that it's not like x86. They
> can't get the output their looking for and this results in bug filing,
> and countless hours on phone calls discussing over and over again.
> Worse, there are some parts of the stack that really need this.

Within 6 hours of sending this, I get a ping about this week's "Works On
Arm" newsletter and...people reporting bugs with not getting CPU
capabilities in /proc/cpuinfo. This madness is going to end. Soon.

Jon.

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