[ANNOUNCE] x86-cpuid-db: Release v2.1
From: Ahmed S. Darwish
Date: Wed Mar 05 2025 - 07:54:42 EST
Hi,
I'm happy to announce release 2.1 of the x86-cpuid-db project:
https://gitlab.com/x86-cpuid.org/x86-cpuid-db
https://gitlab.com/x86-cpuid.org/x86-cpuid-db/-/releases/v2.1
Changelog v2.1
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- Add spellchecking and x86 terminology style enforcement for all CPUID
bitfield descriptions in the XML database. Build multiple x86
specific hunspell(5) dictionary and affix files for such enforcement.
- Use such logic to standardize the style for x86 trademarks, registers,
opcodes, byte units, hexadecimal digits, and x86 abbreviated and
non-abbreviated technical terms.
- Similarly, refuse abbreviated terms that might be OK in code but not
in official listings (e.g., "addr", "instr", "reg", "virt", etc.)
- Introduce scripts/spellcheck_xml.sh to automate the hunspell
invocation, and add it to the project's CI pipeline.
- Update the CPUID database:
- Leaf 0xd: Apply vendor fixes from Andrew Cooper (Xen / Citrix)
- Leaf 0x80000020/0x80000021: Add new Zen5 SoC bits. Thanks to
Avadhut Naik (AMD).
- Leaf 0x7: Add new NMI source reporting bit. Thanks to Sohil
Mehta (Intel).
- All leaves: Fix all issues identified by the new hunspell(5)
pipeline.
Release coverage
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CPUID leaves: 63 leaves
CPUID bitfields: 918 entries
Artifacts
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The generated CSV and C header files can be quickly checked in full from
the release artifacts at:
https://gitlab.com/x86-cpuid.org/x86-cpuid-db/-/releases/v2.1
Thanks,
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Ahmed S. Darwish
Linutronix GmbH