linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/microcode: add parameter dis_ucode

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Date:	Mon, 08 Sep 2014 12:09:12 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/microcode: add parameter dis_ucode_ldr in kernel-paramenters.txt

On 09/05/2014 01:57 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> 
>> This patch adds the explanation for this parameter in
>> Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt for user convenience.
> 
> As I said earlier, I don't want to do exactly that because this
> parameter should be used only to rule out microcode loading causes a
> problem and not regularly. I know, it doesn't stop people from looking
> at the code but still.
> 

Are you genuinely saying we shouldn't document this command line
parameter?  Sorry, it really doesn't work that way.

	-hpa


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