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From: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
To: Grzegorz Andrejczuk <grzegorz.andrejczuk@intel.com>
Cc: tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, hpa@zytor.com,
	x86@kernel.org, dave.hansen@linux.intel.com,
	lukasz.daniluk@intel.com, james.h.cownie@intel.com,
	jacob.jun.pan@intel.com, Piotr.Luc@intel.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6: 4/4] x86/cpufeature: Add R3MWAIT to CPU features
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2016 16:30:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20161027143015.friq4ji5wahr2cyu@pd.tnic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1477576923-3244-5-git-send-email-grzegorz.andrejczuk@intel.com>

On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 04:02:03PM +0200, Grzegorz Andrejczuk wrote:
> Add cpu feature for ring 3 monitor/mwait.
> Set HWCAP2 1st bit during init.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Grzegorz Andrejczuk <grzegorz.andrejczuk@intel.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h | 2 ++
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c        | 4 ++++
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
> index 92a8308..d430200 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
> @@ -71,6 +71,8 @@
>  #define X86_FEATURE_RECOVERY	( 2*32+ 0) /* CPU in recovery mode */
>  #define X86_FEATURE_LONGRUN	( 2*32+ 1) /* Longrun power control */
>  #define X86_FEATURE_LRTI	( 2*32+ 3) /* LongRun table interface */
> +/* Xeon Phi x200 ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT enabled */
> +#define X86_FEATURE_PHIR3MWAIT	( 2*32+ 4)

This leaf is for Transmeta CPUs:

/* Transmeta-defined CPU features, CPUID level 0x80860001, word 2 */

is KNL close to some Transmeta design, per chance or so?

I mean, for this to work, it would have to implement CPUID leaf
0x80860001...

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

SUSE Linux GmbH, GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton, HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg)
-- 

  reply	other threads:[~2016-10-27 14:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-10-27 14:01 [PATCH v6 0/4] Enabling Ring 3 MONITOR/MWAIT feature for Knights Landing Grzegorz Andrejczuk
2016-10-27 14:02 ` [PATCH v6: 1/4] x86/msr: Add R3MWAIT register and bit to msr-info.h Grzegorz Andrejczuk
2016-10-27 14:32   ` Thomas Gleixner
2016-10-27 14:02 ` [PATCH v6: 2/4] x86: Add enabling of the R3MWAIT during boot Grzegorz Andrejczuk
2016-10-27 14:38   ` Thomas Gleixner
2016-10-27 16:53     ` Andrejczuk, Grzegorz
2016-10-27 18:22       ` Thomas Gleixner
2016-11-26 13:15     ` Pavel Machek
2016-11-26 13:20       ` Thomas Gleixner
2016-12-09 12:49         ` Andrejczuk, Grzegorz
2017-02-03 10:47           ` Pavel Machek
2017-02-03 11:28             ` Andrejczuk, Grzegorz
2016-10-27 14:02 ` [PATCH v6: 3/4] x86: Use HWCAP2 to expose Xeon Phi ring 3 MWAIT Grzegorz Andrejczuk
2016-10-27 14:02 ` [PATCH v6: 4/4] x86/cpufeature: Add R3MWAIT to CPU features Grzegorz Andrejczuk
2016-10-27 14:30   ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2016-10-27 16:46     ` Andrejczuk, Grzegorz
2016-10-27 17:01       ` Borislav Petkov

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