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Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:39:39 -0800 From: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org> To: "Yu, Fenghua" <fenghua.yu@...el.com> Cc: "mingo@...nel.org" <mingo@...nel.org>, "hpa@...or.com" <hpa@...or.com>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>, "hpa@...ux.intel.com" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>, "linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org" <linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [tip:x86/microcode] x86/microcode_intel_early.c: Early update ucode on Intel's CPU On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Yu, Fenghua <fenghua.yu@...el.com> wrote: >> From: yhlu.kernel@...il.com [mailto:yhlu.kernel@...il.com] On Behalf Of >> Yinghai Lu >> >> may need to copy the ucode.bin to BRK at first. that will make code >> much simple, and later does not need to >> copy them back in free_bootmem_initrd. >> >> aka, this patchset is not ready for 3.8 even. >> > > I will relocate saved microcode blob (mc_saved_in_initrd) after initrd is > relocated in updated patches. Thus, mc_saved_in_initrd always point to > right initrd during boot time. No, you should not copy that several times. just pre-allocate some kbytes in BRK, and copy to there one time. Yinghai -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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