linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/microcode: add parameter dis_ucode

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Message-ID: <20140905085709.GC11432@nazgul.tnic>
Date:	Fri, 5 Sep 2014 10:57:09 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/microcode: add parameter dis_ucode_ldr in
 kernel-paramenters.txt

On Thu, Sep 04, 2014 at 12:07:06PM -0700, Fenghua Yu wrote:
> From: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>
> 
> The kernel parameter dis_ucode_ldr disables early loading microcode from
> initrd. The parameter was introduced earlier by Borislave Petkov.

My name is Borislav Petkov, without an "e".

> This patch adds the explanation for this parameter in
> Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt for user convenience.

As I said earlier, I don't want to do exactly that because this
parameter should be used only to rule out microcode loading causes a
problem and not regularly. I know, it doesn't stop people from looking
at the code but still.

So NAK.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.
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