linux-kernel - Re: [tip:perf/core] perf/x86/intel: Use Intel family macros for core perf events

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Message-ID: <20160608163446.GF19090@pd.tnic>
Date:	Wed, 8 Jun 2016 18:34:46 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu>, tglx@...utronix.de,
	brgerst@...il.com, dave@...1.net, kan.liang@...el.com,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, acme@...hat.com,
	alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, jolsa@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, eranian@...gle.com,
	peterz@...radead.org, dvlasenk@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com,
	dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, luto@...capital.net,
	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:perf/core] perf/x86/intel: Use Intel family macros for core
 perf events

On Wed, Jun 08, 2016 at 06:25:29PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>  model string    : IvyBridge_X
> 
> ... or something like that. The string could even be auto-generated from the list 
> in intel-family.h?

Yap, that sounds cool too. And then we should issue that too during boot:

[    0.542398] smpboot: CPU0: AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor (family: 0x15, model: 0x2, stepping: 0x0; Piledriver)

so that we don't need to ask for dmesg *and* /proc/cpuinfo.

Hohumm, this should be very useful.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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