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Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 11:49:00 +0530
From: Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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To: Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Add second POWER8 PVR entry
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On 07/18/2013 07:01 AM, Michael Neuling wrote:
> POWER8 comes with two different PVRs.  This patch enables the additional
> PVR in the cputable.
> 
> The existing entry (PVR=0x4b) is renamed to POWER8E and the new entry
> (PVR=0x4d) is given POWER8.

Hey Mikey,

Is there any feature or architectural difference between these two different
PVR based P8 chips ?

Regards
Anshuman