Re: [PATCH] x86/cpu: Add Elkhart Lake to Intel family

[Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>]

On 8/8/19 9:38 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 08, 2019 at 09:30:49AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
>> Could someone also add some "how to add an entry to this file" in the
>> top of that file?  We seem to have the same, tortuous conversations
>> about one-line patches each time.
> There is some doc at the top:

HOWTO Build an INTEL_FAM6_ definition:

1. Start with INTEL_FAM6_
2. If not Core-family, add a note about it, like "ATOM".  There are only
   two options for this (Xeon Phi and Atom).  It is exceedingly unlikely
   that you are adding a cpu which needs a new option here.
3. Add the processor microarchitecture, not the platform name
4. Add a short differentiator if necessary.  Add an _X to differentiate
   Server from Client.
5. Add an optional comment with the platform name(s)

It should end up looking like this:

INTEL_FAM6_<ATOM?>_<MICROARCH>_<SHORT...> /* Platform Name */