On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 11:21:43AM +0800, Tanwar, Rahul wrote: > On 20/8/2019 10:57 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > What would describe the special sause that warranted a new SOC? If this > > thing is marketed as 'Network Processor' then I suppose we can actually > > use it, esp. if we're going to see this more, like the MID thing -- that > > lived for a while over multiple uarchs. > This SoC uses AMT (Admantium/Airmont) configuration which is supposed to be > a higher configuration. That's just words without meaning on this end. What's an Adamantium ? Google doesn't seem to give any sort of clues.. And will we see more of these things, or is it a one off SOC? > Looking at other existing examples, it seems that > INTEL_FAM6_ATOM_AIRMONT_PLUS is most appropriate. Would you have any > concerns with _PLUS name ? Thanks. Yes, _PLUS is not an existing _OPTDIFF, the uarch is called "Goldmont Plus", it is the 14nm refresh of the 14nm Goldmont, and predecessor of Tremont.
