2011/4/8 Arend van Spriel <arend@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:56:13 +0200, RafaÅ MiÅecki <zajec5@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> 2011/4/6 Arend van Spriel <arend@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: >>> >>> 3. Device identification >>> >>> The cores are identified by manufacturer, core id and revision in your >>> patch. I would not use the revision because 4 out of 5 times a revision >>> change does indicate a hardware change but no change in programming >>> interface. The enumeration data does contain a more selective field >>> indicating the core class (4 bits following the core identifier). I >>> suggest >>> to replace the revision field by this class field. >> >> Could you say something more about *class*, please? For my BCM43224 it >> seems to be 0x0. WIll check BCM4313 in a moment. >> > > In principal the manufacturer id is unique (defined/assigned by JEDEC > www.jedec.org) and the chip id and chip class are defined by the > manufacturer. So I can only indicate what classes Broadcom uses in > combination with the manufacturer id BRCM, ARM and MIPS. > > /* Component Classes */ > #define CC_SIM Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â0 > #define CC_EROM Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 1 > #define CC_CORESIGHT Â Â Â Â Â Â9 > #define CC_VERIF Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â0xb > #define CC_OPTIMO Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 0xd > #define CC_GEN Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â0xe > #define CC_PRIMECELL Â Â Â Â Â Â0xf > > Looking at this it seems strange that you see a class value of 0x0. It may > be rarely used or for non-production chips only (for simulation, chip > bringup) which may require additional (debug) functions. So question is > whether you will need it, but it is specified by ARM and it is up to > manufacturers to use it. So I it is better to be safe than sorry and have > this in the device id. OK, thanks. I'm compiling kernel with patch V2 right now. Of course class included. -- RafaÅ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
