[U-Boot] [PATCH] 86xx: Update CPU info output on bootup

[Kumar Gala]

On Feb 6, 2009, at 12:41 PM, Peter Tyser wrote:

> On Thu, 2009-02-05 at 20:13 -0600, Kumar Gala wrote:
>> On Feb 5, 2009, at 1:52 PM, Peter Tyser wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> CPU:   8641D, Version: 2.1, (0x80900121)
>>> Core:  E600 Core 0, Version: 0.2, (0x80040202)
>>
>> Since you are touching things here.. mind fixing the Version print.
>> Its clearly not Version 0.2
>
> Will do.
>
> While we're discussing it I had 2 other questions:
> 1. Can anyone at Freescale give a hint about how to tell the  
> difference
> between the 8640 and 8641?

why do you need to?  If I'm not mistaken the 8640 is identical to 8641  
except for freq and maybe the package.

> 2. Does anyone know how the PVR in IBM's 750 line of processors is
> parsed?  I didn't see it in 750 processor datasheets and wanted to
> update the following line of code in cpu/74xx_7xx.c while updating the
> 86xx:
> - printf ("%s v%d.%d", str, (pvr >> 8) & 0xFF, pvr & 0xFF);
>
> The 86xx and 74xx processors all use the convention below but I wanted
> to make sure it wouldn't break any 750-based cpus when changing it:
> - printf ("%s v%d.%d", str, (pvr >> 8) & 0xF, pvr & 0xFF);

take a look at the linux kernel tree (arch/powerpc/kernel/setup- 
common.c)  (I think it does the right thing for 750)

- k