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

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Date:   Tue, 2 Feb 2021 11:39:33 +0000
From:   Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:     Tianling Shen <cnsztl@...il.com>
Cc:     Sumit Gupta <sumitg@...dia.com>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>,
        Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        "Gustavo A. R. Silva" <gustavoars@...nel.org>,
        Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@....com>,
        Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@....com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RESENT PATCH] arm64: cpuinfo: Add "model name" in /proc/cpuinfo
 for 64bit tasks also

On Tue, Feb 02, 2021 at 07:58:09AM +0800, Tianling Shen wrote:
> From: Sumit Gupta <sumitg@...dia.com>
> 
> Removed restriction of displaying model name for 32 bit tasks only.
> This can be used for 64 bit tasks as well, and it's useful for some
> tools that already parse this, such as coreutils `uname -p`, Ubuntu
> model name display etc.
> 
> It should be like this:
> ```
> $ cat '/proc/cpuinfo' | grep 'model name' | head -n 1
> model name : ARMv8 Processor rev X (v8l)
> ```
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/1472461345-28219-1-git-send-email-sumitg@nvidia.com/

The thread above already has arguments against this patch. Has anything
changed since?

-- 
Catalin