linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH]Fix early microcode loading on AMD

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Date:	Wed, 24 Jul 2013 20:08:04 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Torsten Kaiser <just.for.lkml@...glemail.com>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Jacob Shin <jacob.shin@....com>,
	Johannes Hirte <johannes.hirte@....tu-ilmenau.de>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH]Fix early microcode loading on AMD

On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 05:01:39PM +0200, Torsten Kaiser wrote:
> init_amd() will fill that field. (You could alway compile with
> CONFIG_MICROCODE_AMD=n and that field would still need filling)
> And as that will get called before smp_store_(boo)_cpu_info()
> everything should be fine.

Ah yes, I missed that. Thanks.

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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