linux-kernel - Re: AMD microcode loading broken on 32 bit

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Date:	Tue, 21 Jan 2014 19:25:54 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: AMD microcode loading broken on 32 bit

On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 12:55:53PM -0500, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
>         cat $(AMD_UCODE_PATH)/* >
> ucode_initrd/kernel/x86/microcode/AuthenticAMD.bin
>         (cd ucode_initrd;find . | cpio -o -H newc >
> ../$(DISTDIR)/common/ucode_initrd.cpio)
>         ...
>         cat $(DISTDIR)/common/ucode_initrd.cpio \
>             $(DISTDIR)/common/_initramfs.cpio.gz > \
>             $(DISTDIR)/common/initramfs.cpio.gz
> 
> and as I just discovered, with a little twist: apparently
> AMD_UCODE_PATH points to Intel microcode.

LOL!

@hpa: in case you were wondering whether Intel ucode works on AMD - it
doesn't! :-)

> So we clearly screwed up on our end but I'd think that we shouldn't
> crash when this happens.

Yes, we shouldn't. I'll try to reproduce it here.

Thanks.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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