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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: /proc/cpuinfo: Use DT machine name when possible
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On Thu 2014-06-19 00:10:39, Aaro Koskinen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 09:22:29PM +0200, Pali Rohár wrote:
> > So without this patch DT migration for Nokia N900 cannot be done 
> > without breaking userspace - which is not acceptable...
> 
> I guess the fact is that the Nokia N900 proprietary userspace has
> never worked properly with the mainline kernel without severe patching,
> so you cannot really talk about any regression. If you cannot fix
> those programs, you could still probably emulate the old Nokia kernel's
> /proc/cpuinfo by providing some text file and bind mounting it, no?

Actually, yes, it worked pretty well with some close-to-mainline
kernels.

And bind-mount on /proc/cpuinfo is beyond ugly, don't you think?
									Pavel
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