Re: [PATCH] x86/cpu: Rename Denverton and Gemini Lake

[Dave Hansen]

On 08/07/2018 10:48 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 10:35:42AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
>> On 08/07/2018 10:17 AM, kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>> Denverton and Gemini Lake are platform names and should not be used for
>>> Processor Family stuff. The microarchitecture codename should be used.
>> Why?
>>
>> Denverton is the platform.  "Goldmont" is literally the
>> microarchitecture, and you are suggesting moving *to* the
>> microarchitecture name, which contradicts the description.
> All the other (big core) are uarch names. Atom is weird in that it mixes
> uarch with platform names.

Good point.


Feel free to add:  Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>