Re : [PATCH] base: add sysfs socs info

[Didier Lagard]

<plagnioj@xxxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>
> this provide an easy way to register
> soc information
> 
> arch, family, model, id, revision
> 
> as this for at91sam9g20
> 
> $ cat /sys/devices/system/soc/soc0/arch
> current
> $ cat /sys/devices/system/soc/soc0/family
> at91
> $ cat /sys/devices/system/soc/soc0/id
> at91sam9g20
> $ cat /sys/devices/system/soc/soc0/model
> 0x00000000019905a0
> $ cat /sys/devices/system/soc/soc0/revision
> 1.1

Ouch, I've never seen so few explanations when it comes to add a new ABI...

Can you explain why this is needed at all ? How can it be usefull for an application for example ? Why make it a device ?

I mean there are plenty of SoC supports in the kernel (take a look to arch/arm) and none of them need that so far.

So at least we can expect some motivations to include this stuff in mailine.

Bye.


      
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