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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] ARM: /proc/cpuinfo: Use DT machine name when possible
    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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