Re: [PATCH Part2 v6 05/49] x86/sev: Add RMP entry lookup helpers

Dave Hansen
2022-06-22T14:30:51Z

On 6/22/22 07:22, Kalra, Ashish wrote:
> As I replied previously on the same subject: Architectural implies
> that it is defined in the APM and shouldn't change in such a way as
> to not be backward compatible. I probably think the wording here
> should be architecture independent or more precisely platform
> independent.
Yeah, arch-independent and non-architectural are quite different concepts.

At Intel, at least, when someone says "not architectural" mean that the
behavior is implementation-specific. That, combined with the
model/family/stepping gave me the wrong impression about what was going on.

Some more clarity would be greatly appreciated.