linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] CONFIG_SOC_IMX6Q = i.MX6 Quad/DualLite/Solo

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Date:   Wed, 06 Oct 2021 10:17:52 +0200
From:   Krzysztof Hałasa <khalasa@...p.pl>
To:     Lucas Stach <l.stach@...gutronix.de>
Cc:     Shawn Guo <shawnguo@...nel.org>,
        Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@...gutronix.de>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Fabio Estevam <festevam@...il.com>,
        NXP Linux Team <linux-imx@....com>,
        Pengutronix Kernel Team <kernel@...gutronix.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] CONFIG_SOC_IMX6Q = i.MX6 Quad/DualLite/Solo

Lucas Stach <l.stach@...gutronix.de> writes:

>> Print i.MX6 "Solo" name in addition to the "Quad" and "DualLite"
>> for SOC_IMX6Q.
>> 
> I don't think that's helpful, you would need to at least also print
> "Dual" to make it correct. The Solo is just a fused down version of the
> DualLite, just as the Dual is a fused down version of the Quad.
>
> Quad/DualLite refers to the two different die versions of the chip.

Perhaps we need to print Dual as well.

ATM "cat /proc/cpuinfo" (and everything using it) prints "Freescale
i.MX6 Quad/DualLite (Device Tree)" on Solo and this is, at best,
misleading: making people wonder what CPU do they really have.
-- 
Krzysztof "Chris" Hałasa

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