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@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ Package
Packages contain a number of cores plus shared resources, e.g. DRAM
controller, shared caches etc.
+Modern systems may also use the term 'Die' for package.
+
AMD nomenclature for package is 'Node'.
Package-related topology information in the kernel:
@@ -53,11 +55,18 @@ Package-related topology information in the kernel:
The number of dies in a package. This information is retrieved via CPUID.
+ - cpuinfo_x86.cpu_die_id:
+
+ The physical ID of the die. This information is retrieved via CPUID.
+
- cpuinfo_x86.phys_proc_id:
The physical ID of the package. This information is retrieved via CPUID
and deduced from the APIC IDs of the cores in the package.
+ Modern systems use this value for the socket. There may be multiple
+ packages within a socket. This value may differ from cpu_die_id.
+
- cpuinfo_x86.logical_proc_id:
The logical ID of the package. As we do not trust BIOSes to enumerate the