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From: git@evalyngoemer.com
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: tglx@kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de,
	dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, x86@kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com,
	joe@perches.com, Evalyn Goemer <git@evalyngoemer.com>
Subject: [PATCH] platform/x86: handle Intel CPUs falsely reporting as GenuineIotel
Date: Fri,  3 Jul 2026 22:51:47 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260704025147.585133-1-git@evalyngoemer.com> (raw)

From: Evalyn Goemer <git@evalyngoemer.com>

Certain Intel CPUs have a bit flipped in the CPUID string causing them
to report as "GenuineIotel" leading to them potentially not being detected
properly as an Intel CPU.

This patch fixes this by adding the "GenuineIotel" string to the
intel_cpu_dev.c_ident array inside the arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c file.

This issue can be found as existing here:
https://github.com/InstLatx64/InstLatx64/blob/master/GenuineIotel/GenuineIotel00306C3_Haswell_CPUID5.txt
https://web.archive.org/web/20150818115122/http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/processormfg

Signed-off-by: Evalyn Goemer <git@evalyngoemer.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
index abb398433..a2dcd6d05 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ static void intel_detect_tlb(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 
 static const struct cpu_dev intel_cpu_dev = {
 	.c_vendor	= "Intel",
-	.c_ident	= { "GenuineIntel" },
+	.c_ident	= { "GenuineIntel", "GenuineIotel" },
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 	.legacy_models = {
 		{ .family = 4, .model_names =
-- 
2.55.0



             reply	other threads:[~2026-07-04  2:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-04  2:51 git [this message]
2026-07-04  8:37 ` [PATCH] platform/x86: handle Intel CPUs falsely reporting as GenuineIotel David Laight
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2026-07-04  8:22 Christian Ludloff
2026-07-04  9:46 ` Evalyn Goemer
2026-07-04 17:00   ` Christian Ludloff
2026-07-04 18:15     ` Evalyn Goemer
2026-07-04 18:29       ` Borislav Petkov
2026-07-04 18:52         ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-07-04 19:23           ` Evalyn Goemer
2026-07-04 19:39       ` Christian Ludloff

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