linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3 0/2] x86/microcode/amd: early loading fixes

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Date:	Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:30:53 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Jacob Shin <jacob.shin@....com>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Andreas Herrmann <herrmann.der.user@...glemail.com>,
	x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 0/2] x86/microcode/amd: early loading fixes


* Jacob Shin <jacob.shin@....com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 07, 2013 at 09:22:18PM -0500, Jacob Shin wrote:
> > This patchset addreses two problems with early loading on AMD.
> > 
> > First, feedback from Yinghai that find_ucode_in_initrd() should be
> > marked __init:
> >   https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/6/4/695
> > 
> > And second, feedback from Henrique that Intel early loading supports
> > multiple microcode firmware concatenated together, whereas the current
> > AMD implementation lacks this support:
> >   https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/5/31/4
> > 
> > V3:
> > * style fix -- reduce multiple if statements into a single one
> 
> Hi hpa or Yinghai, just wondering if you had the chance to look at this
> V3 yet.

It appears Peter applied v2 to tip:x86/microcode two days before you sent 
v3 - please send any changes in v3 as delta patches.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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