Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] platform/x86/intel-uncore-freq: Expose instance ID in the sysfs
From: Maciej Wieczor-Retman
Date: Tue Apr 07 2026 - 14:14:54 EST
On 2026-04-07 at 10:45:58 -0700, srinivas pandruvada wrote:
>On Thu, 2026-04-02 at 19:59 +0000, Maciej Wieczor-Retman wrote:
>> --- Motivation
>>
>> This patchset is about exporting instance ID, a value used to
>> uniquely
>> identify MMIO blocks in TPMI devices. Userspace tools like "pepc" [1]
>> can use it for direct MMIO reads or writes. It's faster than the
>> alternative legacy approach which is interacting with MSRs.
>This statement is not required. MSR is not an option. This allows PEPC
>like tools to do some platform specific turning which is not supported
>via uncore sysfs.
>
>Thanks,
>Srinivas
Okay, I'll clarify that. Thanks!
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Kind regards
Maciej Wieczór-Retman