linux-kernel - Re: kernel bugzilla #64531: intel microcode information

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Date:	Thu, 7 Nov 2013 13:10:14 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjanvandeven@...il.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Tigran Aivazian <tigran@...azian.fsnet.co.uk>
Subject: Re: kernel bugzilla #64531: intel microcode information

On Thu, Nov 07, 2013 at 09:46:40AM +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> fwiw this file lives on intel.com for a while now.. unfortunately it's
> one of these websites with fancy downloading stuff for which I suspect
> the URLs are not long term stable ;-(
> but if you type "microcode" into the search box its the first entry...
> 
> On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 8:34 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote:
> >
> > * Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Re: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64531
> >>
> >>
> >> arch/x86/Kconfig line 1053 (+/-), help section in CONFIG_MICROCODE_INTEL, says:
> >>
> >> For latest news and information on obtaining all the required
> >> Intel ingredients for this driver, check:
> >> <http://www.urbanmyth.org/microcode/>
> >>
> >> ==> 404  Page not found
> >>
> >>
> >> Is there a good replacement for this information or should we just
> >> delete that help text?
> >
> > I'd say let's delete the text. Mind sending a patch?

Yeah, all the distros are packaging those in some firmware-extra or
whatever package anyway.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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