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On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 05:09:36PM -0600, Grant Likely wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net> wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 12:53:59AM -0600, Grant Likely wrote:
> >
> >> I also changed the property in the cpu nodes from model to compatible
> >> so that the exact CPU version can be specified.  This isn't actually
> >> in any spec anywhere, but I need something to properly identify the
> >> different ARM cores.
> >
> > I don't see why this has to be in the device tree. It's not there on PPC.
> > The exact CPU version is found through the PVR register on PPC, ARM also
> > has cpu version and feature registers for runtime probing.
> 
> I had been told that they runtime registers weren't reliable.  If I'm
> misinformed, then yes the compatible value can be dropped from the cpu
> nodes.

Hi all,

If it's not too painful to keep, I think it will be valuable if one
want's to instantiate HW based/from this same device tree. For example
for emulators.

Cheers