Re: Linux Kernel 3.14.0 Kirkwood package and rootfs (Non Flattened Device Tree)

A (very, very) small matter

Hi bodhi,

first of all, thanks once more for all the effort you are putting into supporting our little toys!

I just germanized and beautified your basic install, as I always do to get my own base system. It booted ok, can't say anything about stability, though. Will test VDR on it soon.

One thing is strange, however. Compared with the last of your kernels I used before (3.8.11-tld3), 3.14.0-tld2 seems to think that there is no processor and it runs with 0,00 BogoMIPS (see the attached screenshots, both taken with the same Pogo E02 running).

I traced this back to cpuinfo, which still shows the processor, but no BogoMIPS (so linuxlogo must compute the number of processors from the number of lines it sees containing BogoMIPS info, which seems a bit silly, but whatever):

With the new 3.14.0-tld2 (no BogoMIPS line):

┌─[root@debian-bodhi-314-basic-de]─[~]
└──> cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor	: 0
model name	: Feroceon 88FR131 rev 1 (v5l)
Features	: swp half thumb fastmult edsp 
CPU implementer	: 0x56
CPU architecture: 5TE
CPU variant	: 0x2
CPU part	: 0x131
CPU revision	: 1

Hardware	: Pogoplug E02
Revision	: 0000
Serial		: 0000000000000000

With the old 3.8.11-tld3:

┌─[root@debian-bodhi-3811-basic-de]─[~]
└──> cat /proc/cpuinfo 
processor	: 0
model name	: Feroceon 88FR131 rev 1 (v5l)
BogoMIPS	: 1191.11
Features	: swp half thumb fastmult edsp 
CPU implementer	: 0x56
CPU architecture: 5TE
CPU variant	: 0x2
CPU part	: 0x131
CPU revision	: 1

Hardware	: Pogoplug E02
Revision	: 0000
Serial		: 0000000000000000

Also tested on a Dockstar for good measure and, as expected, the same thing happens. While this (as I said) is a very small matter only, it would still be interesting to know what the reason is?

Cheers,

chessplayer