linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: Report Intel platform

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1609231010190.5640@nanos>
Date:   Fri, 23 Sep 2016 10:12:31 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
cc:     x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, hmh@....eng.br
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Report Intel platform_id in /proc/cpuinfo

On Thu, 22 Sep 2016, Andi Kleen wrote:
> The processor flags are already used in the microcode driver.
> The MSR can be also accessed through /dev/cpu/*/msr, but that
> requires root and is awkward.
> 
> This patch just exports the value retrieved by the microcode
> driver in /proc/cpuinfo. If the microcode driver is disabled
> it won't be shown, but that seems reasonable.

The patch is fine, but these two paragraphs are describing something else.

Thanks,

	tglx