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

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Message-ID: <2bc5797b-156d-4f70-85b9-092200fefde4@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 09:27:37 -0600
From: Mario Limonciello <superm1@...nel.org>
To: Yazen Ghannam <yazen.ghannam@....com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: 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 1/28/26 8:39 AM, Yazen Ghannam wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 05:54:12PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
>> On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 10:41:21AM -0600, Mario Limonciello (AMD) (kernel.org) wrote:
>>> 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
>>
>> So the prefix tells so that it is somewhere from x86/.../amd.
>>
>> The "AGESA:" prefix tells you it is AGESA.
>>
>> I don't see how the "x86/amd" prefix works here...
>>
> 
> Mario, what's your intended debug flow?
> 
> Do you want to grab any and all messages related to AMD and then go
> through them? So here you'd like "x86/amd" or something similar as a
> first pass filter.
> 
> Or do you look for specific pieces of data, as needed? So here you'd
> just look for "AGESA" if you want that or "reset reason", etc.
> 
> Thanks,
> Yazen

Like all things - it's a case by case basis based upon the ticket and 
what's wrong.

I don't see any problem with just "grep AGESA" though.