From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: x86@kernel.org, tony.luck@intel.com, "Liang,
Kan" <kan.liang@intel.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/cpu: Resort and comment Intel models
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2021 17:23:38 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210315162338.GF20497@zn.tnic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YE+HhS8i0gshHD3W@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 05:12:53PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>
> The INTEL_FAM6 list has become a mess again. Try and bring some sanity
> back into it.
>
> Where previously we had one microarch per year and a number of SKUs
> within that, this no longer seems to be the case. We now get dfferent
"different"
> uarch names that share a 'core' design.
Soon it'll be all an unrecognizable mess with IP blocks tetris. :-)
> Add the core name starting at skylake and reorder to keep the cores in
> chronological order. Furthermore, Intel marketed the names {Amber,
> Coffee, Whiskey} Lake, but those are in fact steppings of Kaby Lake, add
> comments for them.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
> ---
> Note: we don't seem to have CANNONLAKE perf support.
>
> arch/x86/include/asm/intel-family.h | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++----------------
> 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
Anything that helps clear more of this names confusion:
Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette
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