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x86/microcode update on systems without INITRD

From Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@trippelsdorf.de>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject x86/microcode update on systems without INITRD
Date 2015-11-19 22:50 +0100
Message-ID <qwFfA-6wX-13@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
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It looks like the ability to update x86/microcode without using an
initrd was removed this merge window.

Why?

I've used "echo -n 1 >| /sys/devices/system/cpu/microcode/reload" in my
init script for years without any issues.

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Markus
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x86/microcode update on systems without INITRD Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@trippelsdorf.de> - 2015-11-19 22:50 +0100
  Re: x86/microcode update on systems without INITRD Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> - 2015-11-19 23:00 +0100
    Re: x86/microcode update on systems without INITRD Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> - 2015-11-20 00:00 +0100
      Re: x86/microcode update on systems without INITRD Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@trippelsdorf.de> - 2015-11-20 08:20 +0100
        Re: x86/microcode update on systems without INITRD Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> - 2015-11-20 09:30 +0100
          Re: x86/microcode update on systems without INITRD Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@trippelsdorf.de> - 2015-11-20 09:40 +0100
            Re: x86/microcode update on systems without INITRD Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> - 2015-11-20 09:50 +0100
              [PATCH] x86/microcode: Initialize the driver late when facilities  are up Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> - 2015-11-20 12:30 +0100
                [tip:x86/urgent] x86/microcode:   Initialize the driver late when facilities are up tip-bot for Borislav Petkov <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2015-11-23 17:30 +0100

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