Commit-ID: 12ece2d53d3e8f827e972caf497c165f7729c717 Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/12ece2d53d3e8f827e972caf497c165f7729c717 Author: Tony Luck <[email protected]> AuthorDate: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 11:16:24 -0700 Committer: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]> CommitDate: Sat, 17 Aug 2019 10:06:32 +0200
x86/cpu: Explain Intel model naming convention Dave Hansen spelled out the rules in an e-mail: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Copy those right into the <asm/intel-family.h> file to make it easy for people to find them. Suggested-by: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]> Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <[email protected]> Cc: Dave Hansen <[email protected]> Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> Cc: x86-ml <[email protected]> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected] --- arch/x86/include/asm/intel-family.h | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/intel-family.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/intel-family.h index 0278aa66ef62..fe7c205233f1 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/intel-family.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/intel-family.h @@ -11,6 +11,21 @@ * While adding a new CPUID for a new microarchitecture, add a new * group to keep logically sorted out in chronological order. Within * that group keep the CPUID for the variants sorted by model number. + * + * The defined symbol names have the following form: + * INTEL_FAM6{OPTFAMILY}_{MICROARCH}{OPTDIFF} + * where: + * OPTFAMILY Describes the family of CPUs that this belongs to. Default + * is assumed to be "_CORE" (and should be omitted). Other values + * currently in use are _ATOM and _XEON_PHI + * MICROARCH Is the code name for the micro-architecture for this core. + * N.B. Not the platform name. + * OPTDIFF If needed, a short string to differentiate by market segment. + * Exact strings here will vary over time. _DESKTOP, _MOBILE, and + * _X (short for Xeon server) should be used when they are + * appropriate. + * + * The #define line may optionally include a comment including platform names. */ #define INTEL_FAM6_CORE_YONAH 0x0E
