linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] platform/x86/intel/ifs: Allow non-default names for IFS image

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Date:   Sun, 10 Jul 2022 11:12:33 -0700
From:   "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To:     Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
Cc:     Jithu Joseph <jithu.joseph@...el.com>, markgross@...nel.org,
        ashok.raj@...el.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        ravi.v.shankar@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, patches@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] platform/x86/intel/ifs: Allow non-default names for
 IFS image

On Sun, Jul 10, 2022 at 06:12:44PM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
> Not doing the initial load at module-load time will also speed-up
> the module initialization and thus booting the system. Especially
> on many-core servers this might make a measurable difference
> in module-init time.

The load is per-socket, not per core. So "many-core" doesn't matter
as much as number of sockets.

-Tony