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

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Thu Jun 21 2012 - 22:57:16 EST


On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 04:27:27PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 06/21/2012 03:07 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> >
> > And if we need additional tools like to strip some text files or
> > whatever, then the whole discussion about what distros distribute it how
> > and what own patches they apply on the tool, etc, etc, starts.
> >
>
> That is orthogonal. Anyway, my only concern about the request_firmware
> interface is that the timing will be inherently wrong.

Timing? Please elaborate.

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