Re: [PATCH] ARM: /proc/cpuinfo: Use DT machine name when possible

[Pali RohÃr]

On Saturday 06 September 2014 17:34:47 Andreas FÃrber wrote:
> Am 05.09.2014 15:52, schrieb Pali RohÃr:
> > On Friday 05 September 2014 15:45:42 Mark Rutland wrote:
> >> On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 12:38:40PM +0100, Pali RohÃr wrote:
> >>> On Wednesday 18 June 2014 18:54:24 Pali RohÃr wrote:
> >>>> Machine name from board description is some generic name
> >>>> on DT kernel. DT provides machine name property which is
> >>>> specific for board, so use it instead generic one when
> >>>> possible.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Pali RohÃr <pali.rohar@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> ---
> >>>> 
> >>>>  arch/arm/kernel/setup.c |    7 +++++--
> >>>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >>>> 
> >>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
> >>>> b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c index 8a16ee5..fbc7b4f 100644
> >>>> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
> >>>> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
> >>>> @@ -875,10 +875,13 @@ void __init setup_arch(char
> >>>> **cmdline_p)
> >>>> 
> >>>>  	setup_processor();
> >>>>  	mdesc = setup_machine_fdt(__atags_pointer);
> >>>> 
> >>>> -	if (!mdesc)
> >>>> +	if (mdesc)
> >>>> +		machine_name = of_flat_dt_get_machine_name();
> >>>> +	else
> >>>> 
> >>>>  		mdesc = setup_machine_tags(__atags_pointer,
> >>>> 
> >>>> __machine_arch_type); machine_desc = mdesc;
> >>>> -	machine_name = mdesc->name;
> >>>> +	if (!machine_name)
> >>>> +		machine_name = mdesc->name;
> >>>> 
> >>>>  	if (mdesc->reboot_mode != REBOOT_HARD)
> >>>>  	
> >>>>  		reboot_mode = mdesc->reboot_mode;
> >>> 
> >>> So, do you really want to break userspace which reading
> >>> file /proc/cpuinfo (after migration from boardcode -->
> >>> DT)?
> >> 
> >> You have no guarantee model name in the DT == the name in a
> >> board file anyhow, and trying to force that is wrong. So
> >> further to Russell's reply, I must NAK this from a DT
> >> perspective.
> >> 
> >> Realistically your userspace is already broken if relying
> >> on such things. You built something that only ever worked
> >> for a particular arbitrary string. So it was already
> >> broken for every other board, and there was never any
> >> guarantee that new boards where your userspace could have
> >> worked would share the same name.
> >> 
> >> You're trying to fix the wrong side of the equation.
> > 
> > So what is your suggestion for identifing board (name/type)
> > which will work with any kernel (and will not be broken
> > again by kernel later)?
> 
> /proc/device-tree/compatible should give you a nul-separated
> list of compatible strings for the machine. Ideally they're
> even documented under Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/.
> 
> But as Mark said, depending on what you are actually trying to
> distinguish in userspace, there may be better ways.
> 
> Regards,
> Andreas

Ok, this is better. It at least output that device is Nokia N900 
and not some generic omap device...

$ cat /proc/device-tree/compatible
nokia,omap3-n900ti,omap3430ti,omap3

But I need also serial number and hw revisions which are reported 
by bootloader in ATAGs.

-- 
Pali RohÃr
pali.rohar@xxxxxxxxx

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