Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 7 Aug 2018 19:48:51 +0200 | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86/cpu: Rename Denverton and Gemini Lake |
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On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 10:35:42AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote: > On 08/07/2018 10:17 AM, kan.liang@linux.intel.com wrote: > > Denverton and Gemini Lake are platform names and should not be used for > > Processor Family stuff. The microarchitecture codename should be used. > > Why? > > Denverton is the platform. "Goldmont" is literally the > microarchitecture, and you are suggesting moving *to* the > microarchitecture name, which contradicts the description.
All the other (big core) are uarch names. Atom is weird in that it mixes uarch with platform names.
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