powerpc: Enable AT_BASE_PLATFORM aux vector
Stash the first platform string matched by identify_cpu() in
powerpc_base_platform, and supply that to the ELF loader for the value
of AT_BASE_PLATFORM.
Signed-off-by: Nathan Lynch <ntl@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c
index b936a1dd..25a052c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cputable.c
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
struct cpu_spec* cur_cpu_spec = NULL;
EXPORT_SYMBOL(cur_cpu_spec);
+/* The platform string corresponding to the real PVR */
+const char *powerpc_base_platform;
+
/* NOTE:
* Unlike ppc32, ppc64 will only call this once for the boot CPU, it's
* the responsibility of the appropriate CPU save/restore functions to
@@ -1652,6 +1655,14 @@
} else
*t = *s;
*PTRRELOC(&cur_cpu_spec) = &the_cpu_spec;
+
+ /*
+ * Set the base platform string once; assumes
+ * we're called with real pvr first.
+ */
+ if (powerpc_base_platform == NULL)
+ powerpc_base_platform = t->platform;
+
#if defined(CONFIG_PPC64) || defined(CONFIG_BOOKE)
/* ppc64 and booke expect identify_cpu to also call
* setup_cpu for that processor. I will consolidate
