On Sun, Jul 03, 2016 at 05:54:31PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote: > On Sat, Jul 02, 2016 at 07:58:00PM -0400, Jon Masters wrote: > > Agreed. But we'll still be coming back to ensure this information is > > presented to users. I pointed out to ARM about 3-4 years ago that this > > was going to bite us. It is now biting us, and we will ensure that > > useless data is provided where it is on x86 for identical experience by > > users. That is unless or until x86 users do something else always. Our > > (separate) case will use DMI or ACPI for the same kind of data. > > Right, so having read all your email, there's no reason why we couldn't > just print: > > cpu MHz : 99999999.999
Since it is a float, how about using the value NaN? I think that nicely summaries it is a useless value. However, i agree, we first need a technical justification for needing a value at all. Jon: What happened when you posted a patch removing this value from x86? That is clearly an alternative to adding it to ARM, especially if everybody agrees it is a useless value. Andrew
