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

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Message-ID: <20140130195413.GH23342@pd.tnic>
Date:	Thu, 30 Jan 2014 20:54:13 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: AMD microcode loading broken on 32 bit

On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 02:41:09PM -0500, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
> That's not sufficient though, you'll need the other piece in
> find_ucode_in_initrd() where you check the header.

I meant wrt to looking at ucode_cpio.data. The other piece remains.

> I like this one better. You can move this check above "#ifdef
> CONFIG_X86_32" and have it as the first statement in the routine,
> common between 32- and 64-bit.

Yeah, it is simpler. Ok, will change.

Thanks.

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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