Re: [PATCH 0/14] v2 multi-die/package topology support

[Len Brown]

On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 5:33 AM Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> So that die thing has only small relevance to some software, as you say:
>
> "These topology changes primarily impact parts of the kernel and some
> applciations that care about package MSR scope."
>
> So if there's no real need to add it there, then it probably shouldn't
> be added. The topology is already too complex - so much so, that tools
> are even generating PDFs from it :)

Agreed.
Let's keep /proc/cpuinfo simple.
If a case emerges where it makes sense to add more detail there, it is
trivial do add later.

thanks,
Len Brown, Intel Open Source Technology Center