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Message-ID: <20151120071920.GA321@x4> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 08:19:20 +0100 From: Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@...ppelsdorf.de> To: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: x86/microcode update on systems without INITRD On 2015.11.19 at 23:58 +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 10:55:43PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 10:43:01PM +0100, Markus Trippelsdorf wrote: > > > It looks like the ability to update x86/microcode without using an > > > initrd was removed this merge window. > > > > Whoops, that shouldnt've happened. Will debug it tomorrow and provide a > > fix. > > Anyway, the hunk below seems to work in my guest here, I'll run it > on the rest of the boxes tomorrow. In case you want to give it a try > before: Your patch works fine. Thanks. But of course it needs this additional patch, otherwise the microcode loader wouldn't build at all: diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index db3622f22b61..52c6964e24bd 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -1126,7 +1126,6 @@ config MICROCODE bool "CPU microcode loading support" default y depends on CPU_SUP_AMD || CPU_SUP_INTEL - depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD select FW_LOADER ---help--- -- Markus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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