Re: [PATCH v11 21/23] x86/resctrl: Require 64-bit x86 for resctrl support

[Reinette Chatre]

Hi Tony,

On 8/31/26 10:44 AM, Tony Luck wrote:
> Intel Application Energy Telemetry (AET) provides event counts in 64-bit
> registers in MMIO space. For accurate results these should be read with a
> single 64-bit load operation from the CPU.
> 
> In preparation for the removal of the separate CONFIG_X86_CPU_RESCTRL_INTEL_AET
> configuration option, move the X86_64 dependency to X86_CPU_RESCTRL.
> 
> This in inline with Dave Hansen's proposal[1] for an addition to Linux
> documentation that details the state of 32-bit x86 support.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/c6ab0c24-8931-4f0d-9be6-23498ab4c38b@xxxxxxxxx/ [1]

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Reinette