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Message-ID: <tip-da76f64e7eb28b718501d15c1b79af560b7ca4ea@git.kernel.org> Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:38:10 -0800 From: tip-bot for Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com> To: linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...nel.org, fenghua.yu@...el.com, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...ux.intel.com Subject: [tip:x86/microcode] x86/Kconfig: Make early microcode loading a configuration feature Commit-ID: da76f64e7eb28b718501d15c1b79af560b7ca4ea Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/da76f64e7eb28b718501d15c1b79af560b7ca4ea Author: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com> AuthorDate: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:44:32 -0800 Committer: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com> CommitDate: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:20:42 -0800 x86/Kconfig: Make early microcode loading a configuration feature MICROCODE_INTEL_LIB, MICROCODE_INTEL_EARLY, and MICROCODE_EARLY are three new configurations to enable or disable the feature. Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1356075872-3054-13-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...ux.intel.com> --- arch/x86/Kconfig | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index 79795af..e243da7 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -1029,6 +1029,24 @@ config MICROCODE_OLD_INTERFACE def_bool y depends on MICROCODE +config MICROCODE_INTEL_LIB + def_bool y + depends on MICROCODE_INTEL + +config MICROCODE_INTEL_EARLY + bool "Early load microcode" + depends on MICROCODE_INTEL && BLK_DEV_INITRD + default y + help + This option provides functionality to read additional microcode data + at the beginning of initrd image. The data tells kernel to load + microcode to CPU's as early as possible. No functional change if no + microcode data is glued to the initrd, therefore it's safe to say Y. + +config MICROCODE_EARLY + def_bool y + depends on MICROCODE_INTEL_EARLY + config X86_MSR tristate "/dev/cpu/*/msr - Model-specific register support" ---help--- -- 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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