Re: [PATCH] Documentation/x86: Clarify naming of CPU features for /proc/cpuinfo

[Borislav Petkov]

On Thu, Apr 03, 2025 at 06:40:00PM +0530, Naveen N Rao wrote:
> As far as I can tell, the script still processes cpufeatures.h but no 
> longer "generates" names. It simply picks names within double-quotes if 
> present. I don't think that is relevant for describing how the flags are 
> named anymore.

It is relevant in a documentation file which is called cpuinfo.rst. Because
this thing is somewhat of a magic - and Xen has even more magic there - so I'd
like that file to explain the *whole* story.

> Regardless, please take another look at this and let me know if you 
> think this still doesn't read right, or is missing anything (the script 
> part, in particular). For reference, here is how the flag naming section 
> looks like with this patch:

Tell you what: I'll take your text, put it in the file, edit it how I think it
should like and send you a patch for you to ack. This'll save us a lot of
time.

Thx.

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    Boris.

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