Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] x86/cpufeature: Add facility to match microcode revisions

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Sun Oct 21 2018 - 11:13:53 EST


On Sun, Oct 21, 2018 at 12:20:47PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> struct x86_cpu_check {

Btw, if we have to be precise, this struct is no "check" struct either.

> u8 vendor;
> u8 family;
> u8 model;
> u8 stepping;
> };

If anything, it is a x86_cpu_type or x86_cpu_desc(riptor) or so -
basically a tuple of items which determine a CPU type uniquely.

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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