linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86, microcode: Make reload interface per system

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Date:	Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:22:55 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>
CC:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com>,
	Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@....com>,
	Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@...il.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@...ah.com>,
	"Yu, Fenghua" <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, microcode: Make reload interface per system

On 06/19/2012 11:22 AM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> 
> Even if we have the very early microcode facility, we *still* want the
> runtime one based on sysfs+request_firmware in order to update microcode
> without the need for a reboot.
> 

I am slightly questioning the clause "based on sysfs+request_firmware"
in the above sentence, but again, not a huge deal either way.

	-hpa
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