linux-kernel - AW: Early microcode not being loaded

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Message-ID: <4c348de3b92a49c58bf17777873410dd@DB4PR04MB265.eurprd04.prod.outlook.com>
Date:	Fri, 18 Jul 2014 21:49:08 +0000
From:	Conrad Kostecki <ck@...rad-kostecki.de>
To:	"Linux (Kernel) Mailingliste" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: AW: Early microcode not being loaded

> On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 08:40:42PM +0000, Conrad Kostecki wrote:
> > Where is the problem? Why is the microcode not being loaded early?
> 
> CONFIG_MICROCODE_INTEL_EARLY=y set in .config?

Yes!

Galactica tmp # grep -i microcode /boot/config-3.15.5
CONFIG_MICROCODE=y
CONFIG_MICROCODE_INTEL=y
# CONFIG_MICROCODE_AMD is not set
CONFIG_MICROCODE_OLD_INTERFACE=y
CONFIG_MICROCODE_INTEL_EARLY=y
# CONFIG_MICROCODE_AMD_EARLY is not set
CONFIG_MICROCODE_EARLY=y

Cheers
Conrad