Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 10 Feb 2016 12:06:03 +0100 | From | Borislav Petkov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v10 4/4] x86: Create a new synthetic cpu capability for machine check recovery |
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On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 03:38:57PM -0800, Luck, Tony wrote: > We use the same model number for E5 and E7 series. E.g. 63 for Haswell. > The model_id string seems to be the only way to tell ahead of time > whether you will get a recoverable machine check or die when you > touch uncorrected memory.
What about MSR_IA32_PLATFORM_ID or some other MSR or register, for example?
I.e., isn't there some other, more reliable distinction between E5 and E7 besides the model ID?
-- Regards/Gruss, Boris.
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