On Mon, 9 Mar 2009 15:34:50 +0000
Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 08:11:09AM -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote:On Mon, 9 Mar 2009 14:16:55 +0000Wow so I was redundant AND wrong in the same email!
Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The kernel doesn't load microcode automaticallyit does if you have the right format; the kernel uses
request_firmware() for this.
The microcode on the intel website is not ready for this yet, but
we're working hard to have future drops to be in the new format.
What motivated the switch to the generic request_firmware interface?
Is it just less messy/faster than previous methods?
there are various cases where microcode is needed (for example, when
you hotplug a new cpu); request_firmware() is just the right way to do
such things, and an initscript is just the wrong way