Re: [PATCH v4 06/13] x86/platform/uv: Add and Decode Arch Type in UVsystab

[Mike Travis]

On 10/5/2020 2:21 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 05, 2020 at 03:39:22PM -0500, Mike Travis wrote:
> > A patch to add and process the UV Arch Type field in the UVsystab passed
> > from UV BIOS to the kernel.
>
> What does that mean?

There have been recent cases where OEM's want to use the OEM_ID in the 
ACPI tables to brand their own product.  The UV BIOS used that field to 
tell the Linux kernel which UV arch the running system is.  The Arch 
Type in the UVsystab (also created by UV BIOS) now carries that field in 
systems that support it.