linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86/microcode/amd: Do not overwrite specific patch levels

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Message-ID: <20150710101151.GA7538@nazgul.tnic>
Date:	Fri, 10 Jul 2015 12:11:51 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@....eng.br>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Aravind Gopalakrishnan <Aravind.Gopalakrishnan@....com>,
	X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86/microcode/amd: Do not overwrite specific patch
 levels

On Thu, Jul 09, 2015 at 12:03:41PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> Is there any way to notify the user that 'processor microcode updates
> are not available on this system except through a firmware update' ?

What for?

Those microcode patch levels are final and shouldn't be upgraded at all.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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