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diff --git a/Documentation/x86/topology.rst b/Documentation/x86/topology.rst index e29739904e37..7f58010ea86a 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/topology.rst +++ b/Documentation/x86/topology.rst @@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ Package Packages contain a number of cores plus shared resources, e.g. DRAM controller, shared caches etc. +Modern systems may also use the term 'Die' for package. + AMD nomenclature for package is 'Node'. Package-related topology information in the kernel: @@ -53,11 +55,18 @@ Package-related topology information in the kernel: The number of dies in a package. This information is retrieved via CPUID. + - cpuinfo_x86.cpu_die_id: + + The physical ID of the die. This information is retrieved via CPUID. + - cpuinfo_x86.phys_proc_id: The physical ID of the package. This information is retrieved via CPUID and deduced from the APIC IDs of the cores in the package. + Modern systems use this value for the socket. There may be multiple + packages within a socket. This value may differ from cpu_die_id. + - cpuinfo_x86.logical_proc_id: The logical ID of the package. As we do not trust BIOSes to enumerate the |