Re: [PATCH] x86/cpu: Add new Alderlake and Raptorlake CPU model numbers

Peter Zijlstra
2022-04-19T08:56:16Z

On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 04:37:03PM -0700, Luck, Tony wrote:
> Intel is subdividing the mobile segment with additional models
> with the same codename. Using the Intel "N" and "P" suffices
> for these will be less confusing than trying to map to some
> different naming convention.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
> ---
>
> I think the earlier patch for Alderlake "N" got stuck in limbo
> trying to resolve whether we should add the "_N" suffix to our list
> of acceptable CPU model #define names. Now we have another one "_P".
>
> Can we just take these, and move on?

Yeah, I suppose so.

Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>

Let's hope our marketing team will stick with these names for a little
while atleast :/