Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86/microcode/amd: Do not overwrite specific patch levels

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Subject	Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86/microcode/amd: Do not overwrite specific patch levels
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On Wed, 01 Jul 2015, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> Certain patch levels supplied by the BIOS should not be upgraded and
> overwritten by the microcode loader because doing so leaves the system
> dead in the water.
> 
> The two below provide for filtering out those levels and avoiding the
> update, thereby making those patch levels final.
> 
> Borislav Petkov (2):
>   x86/microcode/amd: Extract current patch level read to a function
>   x86/microcode/amd: Do not overwrite final patch levels

This patchset looks like it is pretty much a requirement for any distro that
ships AMD microcode updates...  Maybe the two commits should be sent to
-stable, now that they have seen lots of testing in mainline 4.4.x as well
as SuSE kernels?

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  Henrique Holschuh

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Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86/microcode/amd: Do not overwrite specific patch  levels Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> - 2016-03-27 00:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86/microcode/amd: Do not overwrite specific patch  levels Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-27 10:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86/microcode/amd: Do not overwrite specific patch  levels Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br> - 2016-03-27 14:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86/microcode/amd: Do not overwrite specific patch  levels Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-03-27 17:50 +0200

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