linux-kernel - Re: BUG: early intel microcode update violating alignment rules

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Message-ID: <20140811102245.GC4236@nazgul.tnic>
Date:	Mon, 11 Aug 2014 12:22:45 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>
Cc:	H Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>, Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: BUG: early intel microcode update violating alignment rules

On Sat, Aug 09, 2014 at 08:19:11PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> Is there a way to fix this in the kernel for the BSP?

I think you're looking at this the wrong way around. :-) The thing that
needs fixing is the SDM since some CPUs seem to accept 16-byte unaligned
microcode just fine.
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