Re: [PATCH] flush icache before set_pte take6. [3/4] add montecito brand name

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:39:58 -0700
"Luck, Tony" <[email protected]> wrote:

> +		} else if (family == 0x20)
> +			memcpy(brand, "Montecito", 10);
> 
> NAK.
> 
> We don't really have names for the different cpu families. "Montecito"
> is definitely not the right string to apply here (Montvale will also
> have family == 0x20).  The old McKinley/Madison strings are intended
> to provide some information for old processors where PAL did not
> support PAL_BRAND_INFO.  All new cpus (from Montecito onward) will
> support this PAL call, so there should be no need to add more code to
> make names out of [family,model] tuples.
> 

Ok, please ignore patch [3/4] and [4/4]. 

-Kame

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