linux-kernel - Re: x86, microcode: Conversion from sysdev class caused regression

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Message-ID: <20120411201053.GF18114@aftab>
Date:	Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:10:54 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:	Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com>,
	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: x86, microcode: Conversion from sysdev class caused regression

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 01:06:01PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> That's not nice, but why is the driver getting loaded for a CPU that it
> doesn't control?  Startup scripts?
> 
> It's just a "warning", everything else still works properly, right?

Yes.

> Patches to fix this up are always gladly accepted :)

Yeah, we'll send you a fix probably tomorrow.

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