Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] Implement sysfs based cpuinfo for x86 cpus.

From: Felix Schnizlein
Date: Wed Aug 02 2017 - 17:47:23 EST


>>> Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 08/02/17 7:47 PM >>>
On Wed, Aug 02, 2017 at 07:35:16PM +0200, Felix Schnizlein wrote:
>> Enable sysfs cpuinfo for x86 based cpus. Export often used cpu
>> information to sysfs. Stepping, cpu flags, cpu bugs, bogomips,
>> cpu family, vendor_id, model, and model_name are exported.
>>
>> Sysfs documentation is updated to reflect changes.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Felix Schnizlein <fschnizlein@xxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger <trenn@xxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>
>> Changes since v1:
>> - add missing documentation parts
>> - fix wording in documentation description

> Note, your subject lines could use a bit better work. How about:
> cpuinfo: implement sysfs nodes for x86

True, I will update them accordingly when I repost the next time.
>
> That makes it easier to see/sort in my inbox. Same for patch 1.
>
> Anyway, I'd really like to see this for another cpu arch at the same
> time, just to verify you really have the correct api/interface here.
> Can you do it for arm64 or something else as well?

Sure, I will look into what devices are available for me and implement
another arch.

Felix
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h