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Re: [PATCH ] arm64: cpuinfo: Add "model name" in /proc/cpuinfo for 64bit tasks also

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On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 02:32:25PM +0530, Sumit Gupta wrote:
> Removed restriction of displaying model name for 32 bit tasks only.
> Because of this Processor details were not displayed in
> "System setting -> Details" in Ubuntu model name display is generic
> and can be printed for 64 bit also.
> 
> model name : ARMv8 Processor rev X (v8l)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sumit Gupta <sumitg@nvidia.com>

You didn't give a reason why this is needed. For 32-bit tasks, we did it
for backwards compatibility with code checking for it.

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[PATCH ] arm64: cpuinfo: Add "model name" in /proc/cpuinfo for 64bit tasks also Sumit Gupta <sumitg@nvidia.com> - 2016-08-29 11:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH ] arm64: cpuinfo: Add "model name" in /proc/cpuinfo for  64bit tasks also Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> - 2016-08-30 11:20 +0200
    RE: [PATCH ] arm64: cpuinfo: Add "model name" in /proc/cpuinfo for  64bit tasks also Sumit Gupta <sumitg@nvidia.com> - 2016-08-30 12:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH ] arm64: cpuinfo: Add "model name" in /proc/cpuinfo for  64bit tasks also Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> - 2016-08-30 13:00 +0200

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