From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.179]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AED43DDFAB for ; Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:54:51 +1100 (EST) From: Stefan Roese To: benh@kernel.crashing.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] [POWERPC] Add AMCC Glacier 460GT eval board dts Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:54:33 +0100 References: <1205943310-26323-1-git-send-email-sr@denx.de> <1206090031.8420.67.camel@pasglop> In-Reply-To: <1206090031.8420.67.camel@pasglop> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Message-Id: <200803211154.34027.sr@denx.de> Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Friday 21 March 2008, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Wed, 2008-03-19 at 17:15 +0100, Stefan Roese wrote: > > + cpu@0 { > > + device_type = "cpu"; > > + model = "PowerPC,460GT"; > > + reg = <0>; > > I wonder if we should do something here to differenciate the SoC chip > from the core. After all, all those 4xx mostly have the same core (there > are 2 or 3 revisions of the core maybe ...) but they tend to have all > different PVR which is a pain and won't scale... > > Maybe AMCC could do something in HW (splitting the PVR from whatever > indicates what "chip" it is, and keeping the PVR purely for the core > rev) but I'm wondering if we should also do something in the DTS.. > Stefan can you talk to your AMCC contacts about this ? Yes, I'll do that. Not sure about the outcome though. > As for the DTS, maybe a "compatible" property in the CPU might make some > sense with a content along the lines of "ppc440x6" or whatever rev of > the 440 core it is. > > What do you think ? Good idea. I'll try to come up with a list for all existing 4xx SoC's and it's core versions. Best regards, Stefan ===================================================================== DENX Software Engineering GmbH, MD: Wolfgang Denk & Detlev Zundel HRB 165235 Munich, Office: Kirchenstr.5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: +49-8142-66989-0 Fax: +49-8142-66989-80 Email: office@denx.de =====================================================================