On 07/01/2021 23:52, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 1/6/21 10:19 PM, Tony W Wang-oc wrote:
>> +    /*
>> +     * These CPUs declare support SSE4.2 instruction sets but
>> +     * having low performance CRC32C instruction implementation.
>> +     */
>> +    if (c->x86 == 0x6 || (c->x86 == 0x7 && c->x86_model <= 0x3b))
>> +            set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_CRC32C);
>>  }
> 
> On the Intel side, we've tried to move away from open-coded model
> numbers.  Say another CPU is released that has a microarchitecture close
> to 0x3b, but has a model of 0x3c.  It's a *LOT* easier to grep for
> INTEL_FAM6_NEHALEM (or whatever) than 0x3c.  See:
> 
>       arch/x86/include/asm/intel-family.h
> 
> for examples.
> .
> 

Got it, thanks for your suggestion.

Sincerely
Tonyw

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