linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v2] x86/cpu: Fix x86_match_cpu() to match just X86_VENDOR

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Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 20:54:33 +0000
From: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>, "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)"
	<peterz@...radead.org>, Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@...il.com>, "Edgecombe, Rick P"
	<rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, Mateusz Guzik
	<mjguzik@...il.com>, Thomas Renninger <trenn@...e.de>, Greg Kroah-Hartman
	<gregkh@...e.de>, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"patches@...ts.linux.dev" <patches@...ts.linux.dev>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v2] x86/cpu: Fix x86_match_cpu() to match just
 X86_VENDOR_INTEL

>> This is particularly pathetic as there already is a canonical string
>> representation of the vendor ID!
>
> I agree, but that train has left the station long ago,

Is that "GenuineIntel" and "AuthenticAMD"? While canonical, 96-bit values seem less
easy to use than simple small integers.

-Tony