linux-kernel - Re: early microcode: how to disable at runtime?

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Message-ID: <20140905142316.GC1511@khazad-dum.debian.net>
Date:	Fri, 5 Sep 2014 11:23:16 -0300
From:	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: early microcode: how to disable at runtime?

On Fri, 05 Sep 2014, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 04, 2014 at 02:45:10PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> > Can we get it backported to -stable, please (3.10 and later)?
> 
> I don't see how stable rules apply here.

It would be better if this functionality was generally available where early
microcode loading is supported.  As far as stable/longterm kernel.org
kernels are concerned, I believe that'd be 3.10, 3.12 and 3.14.

But it is no big deal as far as I'm concerned.

-- 
  "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh
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