Re: [tip: x86/cpu] x86/cpu: Add new Raptor Lake CPU model number
From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Tue Aug 23 2022 - 03:58:02 EST
On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 11:44:47PM -0000, tip-bot2 for Tony Luck wrote:
> The following commit has been merged into the x86/cpu branch of tip:
>
> Commit-ID: 81779270304dd556e1bb9e62561115714c15fa6a
> Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/81779270304dd556e1bb9e62561115714c15fa6a
> Author: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
> AuthorDate: Mon, 22 Aug 2022 10:12:21 -07:00
> Committer: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CommitterDate: Mon, 22 Aug 2022 16:35:53 -07:00
>
> x86/cpu: Add new Raptor Lake CPU model number
>
> Note1: Model 0xB7 already claimed the "no suffix" #define for a regular
> client part, so add (yet another) suffix "S" to distinguish this new
> part from the earlier one.
>
> Note2: the RAPTORLAKE* and ALDERLAKE* processors are very similar from a
> software enabling point of view. There are no known features that have
> model-specific enabling and also differ between the two. In other words,
> every single place that list *one* or more RAPTORLAKE* or ALDERLAKE*
> processors should eventually list all of them.
>
> Note3: This is being merged before there is an in-tree user. Merging
> this provides an "anchor" so that the different folks can update their
> subsystems (like perf) in parallel to use this define and test it.
Yeah, then you should probably stick it in x86/urgent so that it goes to
Linus now.
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