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Re: x86/microcode update on systems without INITRD

From Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: x86/microcode update on systems without INITRD
Date 2015-11-20 09:50 +0100
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On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 09:33:48AM +0100, Markus Trippelsdorf wrote:
> Well, BLK_DEV_INITRD is not set in my config and it works just fine...

I'm assuming with "works just fine" you mean, you can load microcode.

Again, as I explained previously, you should consider moving to the
early method with an initrd. The late method is a fallback for certain
setups and the early method should be the preferred one.

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    Boris.

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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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