Re: [tip:perf/core] perf/x86/intel: Use Intel family macros for core perf events

[Borislav Petkov]

On Wed, Jun 08, 2016 at 06:25:29PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>  model string    : IvyBridge_X
> 
> ... or something like that. The string could even be auto-generated from the list 
> in intel-family.h?

Yap, that sounds cool too. And then we should issue that too during boot:

[    0.542398] smpboot: CPU0: AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor (family: 0x15, model: 0x2, stepping: 0x0; Piledriver)

so that we don't need to ask for dmesg *and* /proc/cpuinfo.

Hohumm, this should be very useful.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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