Re: [PATCH] x86: add /proc/cpuinfo/physical id quirks

[Suresh Siddha]

On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 13:54 -0700, Alex Chiang wrote:
> To me, the BIOS concerns are moot. I work closely with the BIOS
> engineers for this platform; I have knowledge of future plans for
> this BIOS and platform; and I know that they will not make any
> changes that break the assumptions in my patch.
> 
> If they do, we will catch it during platform testing, file a bug,
> and not let them release their BIOS until it's fixed. Does that
> satisfy you? :)
> 
> So the algorithm for mapping an APIC ID to a physical/chassis ID
> for this platform will not ever change.

What happens if there is some genuine reason to do that because of some
other platform workaround etc?


> I am leaning towards sysfs, and prefer:
> 
>  	/sys/devices/system/cpu/$cpu/chassis_id
> 

Looks fine to me.

thanks,
suresh

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