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Message-ID: <20151120082716.GA4028@pd.tnic>
Date:	Fri, 20 Nov 2015 09:27:16 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:	Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@...ppelsdorf.de>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: x86/microcode update on systems without INITRD

On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 08:19:20AM +0100, Markus Trippelsdorf wrote:
> 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.

Thanks for testing.

> 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---

That dependency is a must as the early loader needs the initrd support.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

SUSE Linux GmbH, GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton, HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg)
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