Re: [RFC PATCH 03/67] x86/cpu: Move get_builtin_firmware() common code (from microcode only)

[Borislav Petkov]

On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 10:25:48AM -0800, isaku.yamahata@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Zhang Chen <chen.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Move get_builtin_firmware() to common.c so that it can be used to get
> non-ucode firmware, e.g. Intel's SEAM modules, even if MICROCODE=n.

What for?

This is used for microcode built in the kernel - a non-common use case.
Why is your thing built into the kernel and not a normal module object?

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