Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86, microcode: Make reload interface per system

From: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Date: Wed Jun 20 2012 - 19:10:54 EST


On Wed, 20 Jun 2012, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 12:26:58AM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> > On Wed, 20 Jun 2012, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > > which makes me wonder whether we still need that OLD INTERFACE.
> > > Henrique, any thoughts here?
> >
> > Well, there are distros out there that only have microcode.ctl, so you
> > should give them _some_ advanced warning.
>
> Ok, I think Fedora was one of them.

No, Fedora has a .c quick hack that can split Intel .dat files into
/lib/firmware/intel-ucode bin files. Maybe it is not in their stable
branch yet.

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where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh
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