From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: mark.rutland@arm.com (Mark Rutland) Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 09:02:40 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 5/6] ARM: dts: Add basic dts include files for Samsung S3C64xx SoCs In-Reply-To: <016c01cdfb30$64f80430$2ee80c90$@samsung.com> References: <1358039458-31960-1-git-send-email-tomasz.figa@gmail.com> <20130114150531.GE21142@e102568-lin.cambridge.arm.com> <20130116105957.GA1963@linaro.org> <3747315.IyCCRDXgbD@flatron> <016c01cdfb30$64f80430$2ee80c90$@samsung.com> Message-ID: <20130128090240.GA7754@e106331-lin.cambridge.arm.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 07:15:48PM +0000, Kukjin Kim wrote: > Tomasz Figa wrote: > > [...] > > > > Well, the number of CPU types does not grow rapidly. It will be much > > > less than one per SoC -- so keeping the list up to date shouldn't be > > > that much effort. > > > > > > For ARM1176JZF-S, it could make sense for the comatible list to be > > > > > > "arm,arm1176jzf-s", "arm,arm1176" > > > > > > ...since the differences between 1176 variants are software probeable > > > (i.e., whether there is an FPU or not). AFAIK the J, Z apply to all > > > ARM1176, and the -S (synthesisable RTL) is nothing to do with software. > > > The kernel probably only really needs to know "arm,arm1176". > > > > OK. So the conclusion is that I should change the cpus node to following: > > > > cpus { > > cpu { > > cpu at 0 { ? As the CPU has no MPIDR, and thus doesn't have a reg property, there's no reason to have a unit address. Just "cpu" should be fine. > > > compatible = "arm,arm1176jzf-s", "arm,arm1176"; > > }; > > }; > > > > Am I right? > > > I think so :-) > > - Kukjin > As Dave pointed out, the "jzf-s" portion might be superfluous. It's worth having the "arm,arm1176", though. Thanks, Mark.