Re: [PATCH 2/2] microcode update driver rewrite

[Greg KH]

On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 12:12:34AM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 09:05:57PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> 
>  > Don't use request_firmware, use request_firmware_nowait() instead.  That
>  > way you never stall.  You only want to update the firmware when
>  > userspace tells you to, not for every boot like I think this will do.
> 
> But the CPU microcode *does* need reloading on each boot, as it's stored
> in volatile memory that goes away on reboot.

Sorry about that, you are right.  But this will make the boot process a
bit different than what it currently is, just make sure that the distros
realize this change...

thanks,

greg k-h
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