[MODERATED] Re: [PATCH v4 04/10] TAAv4 4

On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 12:48:02PM +0200, speck for Jiri Kosina wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Sep 2019, speck for Greg KH wrote:
> 
> > But again, those files are created from arch-independent code.  Is tsx 
> > in any other processors and should it go into the same file where these 
> > smt sysfs files are at, or is it really an Intel-only thing?
> 
> FWIW there are other processors that support transactional memory (e.g 
> powerpc), but it's not called TSX; that's Intel specific.

What does powerpc call it, and do they export the "turn it on or off"
attribute anywhere?

Is there a "generic" name for this type of processor feature, like SMT
is?

thanks,

greg k-h