Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 04/23] x86: Don't use potentially incorrect CPUID values for topology information

2023-08-07 Thread Simon Gaiser
Jan Beulich: > On 07.08.2023 11:58, Simon Gaiser wrote: >> Jan Beulich: >>> On 07.08.2023 10:18, Simon Gaiser wrote: Anthony Liguori: > From: Jan H. Schönherr > > Intel says for CPUID leaf 0Bh: > > "Software must not use EBX[15:0] to enumerate processor >topology

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 04/23] x86: Don't use potentially incorrect CPUID values for topology information

2023-08-07 Thread Andrew Cooper
On 07/08/2023 9:18 am, Simon Gaiser wrote: > Anthony Liguori: >> From: Jan H. Schönherr >> >> Intel says for CPUID leaf 0Bh: >> >> "Software must not use EBX[15:0] to enumerate processor >>topology of the system. This value in this field >>(EBX[15:0]) is only intended for display/diagnos

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 04/23] x86: Don't use potentially incorrect CPUID values for topology information

2023-08-07 Thread Jan Beulich
On 07.08.2023 11:58, Simon Gaiser wrote: > Jan Beulich: >> On 07.08.2023 10:18, Simon Gaiser wrote: >>> Anthony Liguori: From: Jan H. Schönherr Intel says for CPUID leaf 0Bh: "Software must not use EBX[15:0] to enumerate processor topology of the system. This val

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 04/23] x86: Don't use potentially incorrect CPUID values for topology information

2023-08-07 Thread Simon Gaiser
Jan Beulich: > On 07.08.2023 10:18, Simon Gaiser wrote: >> Anthony Liguori: >>> From: Jan H. Schönherr >>> >>> Intel says for CPUID leaf 0Bh: >>> >>> "Software must not use EBX[15:0] to enumerate processor >>>topology of the system. This value in this field >>>(EBX[15:0]) is only intende

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 04/23] x86: Don't use potentially incorrect CPUID values for topology information

2023-08-07 Thread Jan Beulich
On 07.08.2023 10:18, Simon Gaiser wrote: > Anthony Liguori: >> From: Jan H. Schönherr >> >> Intel says for CPUID leaf 0Bh: >> >> "Software must not use EBX[15:0] to enumerate processor >>topology of the system. This value in this field >>(EBX[15:0]) is only intended for display/diagnosti

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 04/23] x86: Don't use potentially incorrect CPUID values for topology information

2023-08-07 Thread Simon Gaiser
Anthony Liguori: > From: Jan H. Schönherr > > Intel says for CPUID leaf 0Bh: > > "Software must not use EBX[15:0] to enumerate processor >topology of the system. This value in this field >(EBX[15:0]) is only intended for display/diagnostic >purposes. The actual number of logical pr

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 04/23] x86: Don't use potentially incorrect CPUID values for topology information

2018-01-08 Thread Andrew Cooper
On 07/01/18 20:28, Anthony Liguori wrote: > From: Jan H. Schönherr > > Intel says for CPUID leaf 0Bh: > > "Software must not use EBX[15:0] to enumerate processor >topology of the system. This value in this field >(EBX[15:0]) is only intended for display/diagnostic >purposes. The actu

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 04/23] x86: Don't use potentially incorrect CPUID values for topology information

2018-01-07 Thread Anthony Liguori
From: Jan H. Schönherr Intel says for CPUID leaf 0Bh: "Software must not use EBX[15:0] to enumerate processor topology of the system. This value in this field (EBX[15:0]) is only intended for display/diagnostic purposes. The actual number of logical processors available to BIOS/OS/