Re: [PATCH v4 02/10] x86/cpu/topology: Add CPU type to struct cpuinfo_topology

[Borislav Petkov]

On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 05:13:41PM +0000, Luck, Tony wrote:
> Example from <asm/intel-family.h>
> 
> #define INTEL_ALDERLAKE_L               IFM(6, 0x9A) /* Golden Cove / Gracemont */
> 
> #define INTEL_RAPTORLAKE                IFM(6, 0xB7) /* Raptor Cove / Enhanced Gracemont */
> 
> The native model number could be helpful to tell what each of your P-cores and E-cores
> are based on. Could be useful when the same base core is used in more than one SoC
> generation.

How am I supposed to read this?

Gracemont is the "native", base core and from that they do a Golden Cove and
a Raptor Cove?

What does that have to do with the P- and E-cores? Are those above two
different types wrt performance?

Thx.

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