Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86 cpuinfo: implement sysfs nodes for x86

[Greg KH]

On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 03:52:33PM +0100, Thomas Renninger wrote:
> On Wednesday, December 11, 2019 3:26:47 PM CET Greg KH wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 03:12:51PM +0100, Thomas Renninger wrote:
> > > On Wednesday, December 11, 2019 2:56:19 PM CET Greg KH wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 11:42:35AM +0100, Thomas Renninger wrote:
> 
> ...
> 
> > > I hope it is agreed that this info is worth exporting via sysfs.
> > 
> > I don't think anyone is saying it is worth exporting this information
> > via sysfs at all here.
> 
> Ok. I go for cpuid userspace tool then.
> 
> I'd still say general files like:
> cpu/info/{name,vendor}
> make sense, so that if exported by an arch like in cpuinfo, it should show up 
> in the same file.
> Every cpu has a model name and a vendor and cpuid is x86 only.

I think you just saw the ARM developers arguing about model names, so I
don't think people will agree with that :)

goo dluck!

greg k-h