linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86, microcode: Make reload interface per system

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Date:	Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:58:07 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...64.org>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>,
	"Yu, Fenghua" <fenghua.yu@...el.com>, X86-ML <x86@...nel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86, microcode: Make reload interface per system

On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 10:24:35AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> This thing is not installed on my machine, nor would I have know
> to look for it. Nor does apt-cache search iucode_tool suggest any
> package.
>
> IOW fail.

FWIW, if we agree that we need a userspace tool for massaging Intel's
ucode, it should be in tools/ and it should be very easy to install even
on a distro which doesn't distribute it.

Emphasis on the initial "if", of course.

I'd very much prefer tool-less ucode application.

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