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

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Message-ID: <3946f7ad-6ac8-4a5a-bfe5-92a5f6df5b31@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 10:41:21 -0600
From: "Mario Limonciello (AMD) (kernel.org)" <superm1@...nel.org>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
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 1/26/2026 9:40 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> 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.
> 

Well now you see why I was proposing the x86/amd: prefix in the first 
place.  It could be no slicing and dicing and with that prefix:

x86/amd: AGESA!V9 StrixPI-FP8 1.0.0.1d