Re: [patch V3 03/30] x86/microcode/intel: Rip out mixed stepping support for Intel CPUs

From: Qiuxu Zhuo
Date: Mon Sep 25 2023 - 11:21:28 EST


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> Mixed steppings aren't supported on Intel CPUs. Only one patch is required
> for the entire system. The caching of micro code blobs which match the

s/micro code/microcode/

> family and model is therefore pointless and in fact it is disfunctional as

s/disfunctional/dysfunctional/

> CPU hotplug updates use only a single microcode blob, i.e. the one where
> *intel_ucode_patch points to.
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> Remove the microcode cache and make it an AMD local feature.
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