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Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:46:21 -0700 From: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> To: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br> Cc: Burt Triplett <burt@...triplett.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: BITS handling of CPU microcode updates Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br> writes: > > Very well, I will send patches to fix that behaviour, as well as some > other stuff I noticed that was not updated to match the recommended > actions documented by the SDM and some Intel application notes. I don't think you can easily -- there's no kernel interface to distingush the "explicit user action" case from automatic loading. This all would need a new kernel interface. I suppose all the test labs have learned by now how to disable automatic updates ... -Andi -- ak@...ux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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