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Re: [PATCH] arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel: don't store initrd's start

From Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel: don't store initrd's start
Date 2016-07-25 15:50 +0200
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On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 02:59:43PM +0200, Nicolai Stange wrote:
> Applied on top of next-20160722 and it boots

Does it apply the microcode too? Or your box doesn't need microcode?

> Doesn't this break the builtin-ucode case (!blobs.valid) where
> blobs.start is supposed to be zero?

Good point.

Well, it shouldn't because in the builtin case start should simply
contain the ASLR offset the physmem mapping was moved to and this offset
is exactly where the builtin images should be... Let me poke at it to
see whether I'm seeing things correctly.

Thanks.

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[PATCH] arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel: don't store initrd's start Nicolai Stange <nicstange@gmail.com> - 2016-07-24 17:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel: don't store  initrd's start Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-07-25 09:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel: don't store initrd's start Nicolai Stange <nicstange@gmail.com> - 2016-07-25 11:30 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel: don't store  initrd's start Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-07-25 14:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel: don't store initrd's start Nicolai Stange <nicstange@gmail.com> - 2016-07-25 15:00 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel: don't store initrd's start Nicolai Stange <nicstange@gmail.com> - 2016-07-25 15:10 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel: don't store  initrd's start Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-07-25 15:50 +0200
            Re: [PATCH] arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel: don't store initrd's start Nicolai Stange <nicstange@gmail.com> - 2016-07-25 16:20 +0200
              Re: [PATCH] arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel: don't store initrd's start Nicolai Stange <nicstange@gmail.com> - 2016-07-25 16:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel: don't store  initrd's start Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-07-25 18:50 +0200
              Re: [PATCH] arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel: don't store  initrd's start Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-07-25 17:10 +0200
              Re: [PATCH] arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel: don't store  initrd's start Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-07-25 18:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel: don't store initrd's start Nicolai Stange <nicstange@gmail.com> - 2016-07-25 19:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] arch/x86/kernel/cpu/microcode/intel: don't store  initrd's start Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2016-07-25 20:20 +0200

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