On Friday 21 March 2008, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-03-19 at 17:15 +0100, Stefan Roese wrote:
> > + [EMAIL PROTECTED] {
> > + 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
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