grain cpu_family
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Description
The architecture family of a cpu would be helpful to have in grains. This would make it more simple when installing packages that are architecture family related.
My previous workaround was looking at the cpu_flags.
On many Linux systems you can cat /sys/devices/cpu/caps/pmu_name I'm not sure about other kernels
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First steps
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating Salt's grain collection and the existing cpu_flags grain, then review the Linux sysfs path /sys/devices/cpu/caps/pmu_name mentioned in the issue. Check how the value could behave on other kernels; done means a cpu_family grain is available for package-related architecture decisions without relying on cpu_flags.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- devops, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100