linux_dsm_epyc7002/arch/x86/kernel/cpu
Christian Sünkenberg ae1d557d8f x86/cpu/cyrix: Add alternative Device ID of Geode GX1 SoC
A SoC variant of Geode GX1, notably NSC branded SC1100, seems to
report an inverted Device ID in its DIR0 configuration register,
specifically 0xb instead of the expected 0x4.

Catch this presumably quirky version so it's properly recognized
as GX1 and has its cache switched to write-back mode, which provides
a significant performance boost in most workloads.

SC1100's datasheet "Geode™ SC1100 Information Appliance On a Chip",
states in section 1.1.7.1 "Device ID" that device identification
values are specified in SC1100's device errata. These, however,
seem to not have been publicly released.

Wading through a number of boot logs and /proc/cpuinfo dumps found on
pastebin and blogs, this patch should mostly be relevant for a number
of now admittedly aging Soekris NET4801 and PC Engines WRAP devices,
the latter being the platform this issue was discovered on.
Performance impact was verified using "openssl speed", with
write-back caching scaling throughput between -3% and +41%.

Signed-off-by: Christian Sünkenberg <christian.suenkenberg@student.kit.edu>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1496596719.26725.14.camel@student.kit.edu
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2017-06-05 08:34:20 +02:00
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mcheck x86/MCE: Export memory_error() 2017-05-21 21:39:58 +02:00
microcode x86/microcode/AMD: Change load_microcode_amd()'s param to bool to fix preemptibility bug 2017-05-29 08:22:48 +02:00
mtrr x86/boot/e820: Prefix the E820_* type names with "E820_TYPE_" 2017-01-28 22:55:22 +01:00
.gitignore
amd.c xen: fixes for 4.12-rc0 2017-05-12 10:09:14 -07:00
bugs.c x86: use set_memory.h header 2017-05-08 17:15:13 -07:00
centaur.c Merge branch 'x86-boot-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-05-01 20:51:12 -07:00
common.c x86/cpu: remove hypervisor specific set_cpu_features 2017-05-02 11:14:30 +02:00
cpu.h
cyrix.c x86/cpu/cyrix: Add alternative Device ID of Geode GX1 SoC 2017-06-05 08:34:20 +02:00
hypervisor.c x86/cpu: remove hypervisor specific set_cpu_features 2017-05-02 11:14:30 +02:00
intel_cacheinfo.c sched/headers: Prepare to remove <linux/cred.h> inclusion from <linux/sched.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:31 +01:00
intel_rdt_rdtgroup.c x86/intel_rdt/mba: Add info directory files for Memory Bandwidth Allocation 2017-04-14 16:10:08 +02:00
intel_rdt_schemata.c x86/intel_rdt: Return error for incorrect resource names in schemata 2017-04-20 15:57:59 +02:00
intel_rdt.c x86/intel_rdt: Fix padding when resource is enabled via mount 2017-04-20 15:57:59 +02:00
intel.c x86/arch_prctl: Add ARCH_[GET|SET]_CPUID 2017-03-20 16:10:34 +01:00
Makefile Merge branch 'x86-cache-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2016-12-22 09:25:45 -08:00
match.c x86/kernel: Audit and remove any unnecessary uses of module.h 2016-07-14 15:06:41 +02:00
mkcapflags.sh
mshyperv.c Drivers: hv: Issue explicit EOI when autoeoi is not enabled 2017-04-08 18:07:51 +02:00
perfctr-watchdog.c x86/kernel: Audit and remove any unnecessary uses of module.h 2016-07-14 15:06:41 +02:00
powerflags.c x86/cpu: Add advanced power management bits 2016-03-29 11:12:11 +02:00
proc.c x86/cpu: Drop wp_works_ok member of struct cpuinfo_x86 2017-03-11 14:30:24 +01:00
rdrand.c x86, asm: Use CC_SET()/CC_OUT() and static_cpu_has() in archrandom.h 2016-06-08 12:41:20 -07:00
scattered.c x86/intel_rdt/mba: Memory bandwith allocation feature detect 2017-04-14 16:10:07 +02:00
topology.c x86/cpu: Convert printk(KERN_<LEVEL> ...) to pr_<level>(...) 2016-02-03 10:30:03 +01:00
transmeta.c Merge branch 'sched-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-03-07 14:42:34 -08:00
umc.c
vmware.c vmware: set cpu capabilities during platform initialization 2017-05-02 11:14:24 +02:00