On Wed, Feb 10, 2016 at 11:27:50AM -0800, Luck, Tony wrote:
> Digging in the data sheet I found the CAPID0 register which does
> indicate in bit 4 whether this is an "EX" (a.k.a. "E7" part). But
> we invent a new PCI device ID for this every generation (0x0EC3 in
> Ivy Bridge, 0x2fc0 in Haswell, 0x6fc0 in Broadwell). The offset
> has stayed at 0x84 through all this.
>
> I don't think that hunting the ever-changing PCI-id is a
> good choice ...
Right :-\
> the "E5/E7" naming convention has stuck for
> four generations[1] (Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge, Haswell, Broadwell).
>
> -Tony
>
> [1] Although this probably means that marketing are about to
> think of something new ... they generally do when people start
> understanding the model names :-(
Yeah, customers shouldn't slack and relax into even thinking they know
the model names. Fortunately there's wikipedia...
Thanks.
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