linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] soc: qcom: socinfo: add missing soc

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Message-ID: <5d8cfc13.1c69fb81.73236.ab28@mx.google.com>
Date:   Thu, 26 Sep 2019 10:57:38 -0700
From:   Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org>
To:     Jeffrey Hugo <jeffrey.l.hugo@...il.com>
Cc:     Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>,
        Andy Gross <andy.gross@...aro.org>,
        Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@...aro.org>,
        MSM <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] soc: qcom: socinfo: add missing soc_id sysfs entry

Quoting Jeffrey Hugo (2019-09-24 20:54:41)
> On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 3:44 PM Stephen Boyd <swboyd@...omium.org> wrote:
> >
> > Quoting Srinivas Kandagatla (2019-09-12 02:10:19)
> > > looks like SoC ID is not exported to sysfs for some reason.
> > > This patch adds it!
> > >
> > > This is mostly used by userspace libraries like SNPE.
> >
> > What is SNPE?
> 
> Snapdragon Neural Processing Engine.  Pronounced "snap-e".  Its
> basically the framework someone goes through to run a neural network
> on a Qualcomm mobile SoC.  SNPE can utilize various hardware resources
> such as the applications CPU, GPU, and dedicated compute resources
> such as a NSP, if available.  Its been around for over a year, and
> much more information can be found by just doing a simple search since
> SNPE is pretty much a unique search term currently.

I wouldn't mind if it was still spelled out instead of just as an
acronym. Who knows, a few years from now it may not be a unique acronym
and then taking the extra few seconds to write it out once would have
saved future effort.