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CPUID leaf 0x2 output is a stream of one-byte descriptors, each implying certain details about the CPU's cache and TLB entries. Two separate tables exist for interpreting these descriptors: one for TLBs at intel.c and one for caches at cacheinfo.c. These mapping tables will be merged in further commits, among other improvements to their model. In preparation for this, use more descriptive type names for the leaf 0x2 descriptors associated with cpu caches. Namely: LVL_1_INST => CACHE_L1_INST LVL_1_DATA => CACHE_L1_DATA LVL_2 => CACHE_L2 LVL_3 => CACHE_L3 After the TLB and cache descriptors mapping tables are merged, this will make it clear that such descriptors correspond to cpu caches. Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <darwi@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250324133324.23458-18-darwi@linutronix.de
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.