Re: [PATCH v5 10/35] x86/lib: Add CPUID(0x1) CPU family and model calculation

[Ahmed S. Darwish]

On Wed, 04 Mar 2026, Borislav Petkov wrote:
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> On Fri, Sep 05, 2025 at 02:14:50PM +0200, Ahmed S. Darwish wrote:
> > The x86 library code provides x86_family() and x86_model().  They take
> > raw CPUID(0x1) register output, extract the necessary fields with bitwise
> > operations, then calculate the CPU family and model out of that.
> >
> > In follow-up work, the x86 subystem will use parsed CPUID access, along
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> Unknown word [subystem] in commit message.
> Suggestions: ['subsystem'...
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> Please introduce a spellchecker into your patch creation workflow.
>

will do for the whole PQ.

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> Please keep the old simpler code:
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> ...
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> This is way easier to parse than a ternary expression oneliner.
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> Ditto below.
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ACK.

Thanks,
Ahmed