linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 5/5] x86/CPU/AMD: Print AGESA string from DMI additional information entry

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Message-ID: <20260126154037.GBaXeK9bxgPMdE2lFr@fat_crate.local>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:40:37 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: "Mario Limonciello (AMD) (kernel.org)" <superm1@...nel.org>
Cc: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@....com>, Jean Delvare <jdelvare@...e.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 5/5] x86/CPU/AMD: Print AGESA string from DMI
 additional information entry

On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 09:15:58AM -0600, Mario Limonciello (AMD) (kernel.org) wrote:
> I think if slicing and dicing the string I would instead have us "match"
> "AGESA!V9" instead and then spit it out like this:
> 
> AGESA: StrixPI-FP8 1.0.0.1d
> 
> Then if there's a v10 sentinel some day or something like that we would add
> a new match then.

Or, we can simply keep it simple and do:

[    0.840480] AGESA: AGESA!V9 StrixPI-FP8 1.0.0.1d

A little redundancy won't hurt - having the version is much more important.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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