X86_MATCH_VENDOR_FEATURE(9)

💅 X86_MATCH_VENDOR_FEATURE(9) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — today’s entry is X86_MATCH_VENDOR_FEATURE(9), and she is that girl. The whole vibe? Matching a vendor and a CPU feature. No cap. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

X86_MATCH_VENDOR_FEATURE — Macro for matching vendor and CPU feature. literally the name, the function, the moment. periodt. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

X86_MATCH_VENDOR_FEATURE (vendor , feature , data );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• vendor — the vendor name, bestie. e.g. INTEL, AMD, HYGON, ..., ANY. The name is expanded to X86_VENDOR_vendor. that little expansion is the moment. 🫶
• feature — a X86_FEATURE bit. that’s it. one bit doing its iconic little thing. 🌸
• data — Driver specific data or NULL. The internal storage format is unsigned long. The supplied value, pointer etc. is casted to unsigned long internally. yes, casted. keep that energy. 😭

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file to peek at: ./arch/x86/include/asm/cpu_device_id.h — it’s giving essential reading, fr fr. 💖

• X86_MATCH_CPU(9)
• X86_MATCH_VENDOR_FAM_FEATURE(9)
• X86_MATCH_FEATURE(9)
• X86_MATCH_VENDOR_FAM_MODEL(9)
• X86_MATCH_VENDOR_FAM(9)
• X86_MATCH_VFM(9)
• X86_MATCH_VFM_STEPS(9)
• X86_MATCH_VFM_FEATURE(9)
• X86_MATCH_VFM_CPU_TYPE(9)

mwah 💋 that’s the page. source/version vibe: ./arch/x86/include/asm, dated October 2026, and the manual page is X86_MATCH_VENDOR_FEATURE(9). bye bestie, go match some vendors and features! 🌈👑