Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬Cleaning Up A Mess: #Linux 6.9 Likely To Land Rework Of #x86 #CPU Topology Code
This is to clean-up of aging #kernel code as well as some areas of the code being incorrect in today's era of hybrid #Intel Core processors with a mix of P / E cores with the E cores lacking #SMT/#HT and thus throwing off prior kernel assumptions.Over the past 6mo this big patch series improving Intel / #AMD / #Hygon / #Centaur / #Zhaoxin #CPUtopology evaluation code has been revised six times https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.9-x86-CPU-Topology-Code
This is to clean-up of aging #kernel code as well as some areas of the code being incorrect in today's era of hybrid #Intel Core processors with a mix of P / E cores with the E cores lacking #SMT/#HT and thus throwing off prior kernel assumptions.Over the past 6mo this big patch series improving Intel / #AMD / #Hygon / #Centaur / #Zhaoxin #CPUtopology evaluation code has been revised six times https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.9-x86-CPU-Topology-Code
