From: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>
To: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu@loongson.cn>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>, Huacai Chen <chenhc@lemote.com>,
Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@flygoat.com>,
linux-mips@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Xuefeng Li <lixuefeng@loongson.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4 RESEND] MIPS: Loongson64: Add /proc/boardinfo
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2020 12:38:05 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201012103805.GC7953@alpha.franken.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1602373674-4579-4-git-send-email-yangtiezhu@loongson.cn>
On Sun, Oct 11, 2020 at 07:47:53AM +0800, Tiezhu Yang wrote:
> Add /proc/boardinfo to get mainboard and BIOS info easily on the Loongson
> platform, this is useful to point out the current used mainboard type and
> BIOS version when there exists problems related with hardware or firmware.
>
> E.g. with this patch:
>
> [loongson@linux ~]$ cat /proc/boardinfo
> Board Info
> Manufacturer : LEMOTE
> Board Name : LEMOTE-LS3A4000-7A1000-1w-V01-pc
> Family : LOONGSON3
>
> BIOS Info
> Vendor : Kunlun
> Version : Kunlun-A1901-V4.1.3-20200414093938
> ROM Size : 4 KB
> Release Date : 2020-04-14
Why does Loongson64 need this extra file no other architecture or MIPS
platform need ? Do others provide this information via a different method ?
If yes, why can't Loongson64 do the same ?
Thomas.
--
Crap can work. Given enough thrust pigs will fly, but it's not necessarily a
good idea. [ RFC1925, 2.3 ]
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-10-12 10:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-10 23:47 [PATCH v2 0/4 RESEND] Avoid build error, clean up numa.c and add /proc/boardinfo Tiezhu Yang
2020-10-10 23:47 ` [PATCH v2 1/4 RESEND] MIPS: Loongson64: Select SMP in Kconfig to avoid build error Tiezhu Yang
2020-10-12 10:34 ` Thomas Bogendoerfer
2020-10-10 23:47 ` [PATCH v2 2/4 RESEND] MIPS: Loongson64: Clean up numa.c Tiezhu Yang
2020-10-12 10:35 ` Thomas Bogendoerfer
2020-10-10 23:47 ` [PATCH v2 3/4 RESEND] MIPS: Loongson64: Add /proc/boardinfo Tiezhu Yang
2020-10-12 10:38 ` Thomas Bogendoerfer [this message]
2020-10-12 12:02 ` Tiezhu Yang
2020-10-13 0:15 ` Jiaxun Yang
2020-10-13 4:36 ` Tiezhu Yang
2020-10-10 23:47 ` [PATCH v2 4/4 RESEND] docs: fs: proc.rst: Add boardinfo description for Loongson64 Tiezhu Yang
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