[RFC PATCH v6 1/4] topology: Represent clusters of CPUs within a die

[Song Bao Hua (Barry Song)]

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> Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v6 1/4] topology: Represent clusters of CPUs within
> a die
> 
> On 20/04/2021 12:18, Barry Song wrote:
> ...
> > Currently the ID provided is the offset of the Processor
> > Hierarchy Nodes Structure within PPTT.  Whilst this is unique
> > it is not terribly elegant so alternative suggestions welcome.
> >
> 
> The ACPI table offsets are consistent with how other topology IDs are
> generated. I once tried to make them a little more human friendly with
> [1], but it was nacked.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20180629132934.GA16282@e107155-lin/t/
> 

Ideally, we are going to check if cluster node has a valid UID,
if yes, read this ID; otherwise, fall back to use offset.

Will move to that way in next version.

> Thanks,
> drew

Thanks
Barry