Michael Ellerman <m...@ellerman.id.au> writes: > Create a hardware description string, which we will use to record > various details of the hardware platform we are running on. > > Print the accumulated description at boot, and use it to set the generic > description which is printed in oopses. > > To begin with add ppc_md.name, aka the "machine description". > > Example output at boot with the full series applied: > > Linux version 6.0.0-rc2-gcc-11.1.0-00199-g893f9007a5ce-dirty > (michael@alpine1-p1) (powerpc64-linux-gcc (GCC) 11.1.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils) > 2.36.1) #844 SMP Thu Sep 29 22:29:53 AEST 2022 > Hardware name: model:'IBM pSeries (emulated by qemu)' cpu:'POWER8 (raw)' > pvr:0x4d0200 lpvr:0xf000004 of:'SLOF,HEAD' machine:pSeries > printk: bootconsole [udbg0] enabled > > Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <m...@ellerman.id.au> > --- > arch/powerpc/include/asm/setup.h | 2 ++ > arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++++- > 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > v2: Print the string at boot as suggested by Nathan. > Add some comments, update change log.
Ugh, I managed to bork the patches when sending. Don't send patches at midnight. New version coming. cheers
