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Re: [PATCH 3/6] x86: Remove x86 prefixed names from hvm code


  • To: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:40:43 +0100
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  • Delivery-date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 15:40:50 +0000
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xenproject.org>

On 10.03.2026 16:29, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> On 10/03/2026 10:26 am, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> On 04.03.2026 20:53, Kevin Lampis wrote:
>>> struct cpuinfo_x86
>>>   .x86        => .family
>>>   .x86_vendor => .vendor
>>>   .x86_model  => .model
>>>   .x86_mask   => .stepping
>>>
>>> No functional change.
>>>
>>> This work is part of making Xen safe for Intel family 18/19.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Kevin Lampis <kevin.lampis@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> I couldn't find any information about these Intel family 6 processors:
>>>   model 0x5d: /* SoFIA 3G Granite/ES2.1 */
>>>   model 0x65: /* SoFIA LTE AOSP */
>>>   model 0x6e: /* Cougar Mountain */
>>> Should I add them to intel-family.h?
>> We should keep that in sync with Linux, I think, so "no" unless you mean to
>> first have respective entries added there.
>>
>> 0x5d is listed in the SDM, so I'd recommend keeping the entries (using IFM()
>> directly for the time being).
>>
>> 0x65 and 0x6e aren't listed in the SDM, so may never really have hit the
>> public. Respective cases can perhaps be dropped, but such dropping would
>> again likely better be done in a separate change.
> 
> These are the 5G basestations I mentioned during the x86 meeting.  Linux
> has declined to take take these models into intel-family.h because
> they're not general purpose.
> 
> I suggest we drop them, including 0x5d.  I can do a separate patch.

For 0x5d it's not quite clear what the justification would be. Looking at the
SDM, those X3-C3000 don't look any more or less general purpose as C2000 and
C1000. I guess I'll learn once you've sent the patch.

Jan



 


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