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

[Kumar Gala]

On Feb 6, 2009, at 1:47 PM, Peter Tyser wrote:

>>> 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.
>
> It would be nice for aesthetic reasons only.  My understanding was  
> that
> the 8640 was just a die shrunk 8641 and that there was no functional
> difference as you mention.

As far as I can tell there is NO software way to tell the two from  
each other.

- k