linux-kernel - Re: x86/microcode update on systems without INITRD

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Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.2.11.1601071330090.23854@er-systems.de>
Date:	Thu, 7 Jan 2016 13:36:00 +0100 (CET)
From:	Thomas Voegtle <tv@...96.de>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
cc:	Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@...ppelsdorf.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: x86/microcode update on systems without INITRD

On Thu, 7 Jan 2016, Borislav Petkov wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 07, 2016 at 01:12:16PM +0100, Thomas Voegtle wrote:
>> I just diffed my 4.3 config with the 4.4 config and saw that the whole
>> Microcode stuff was silently dropped by a normal "make oldconfig".
>
> Can you send me that 4.3 config please?

Attached. It is a little bit unusual config without modules etc.

But doesn't dropping Microcde stuff in the config happen to anyone who 
hasn't INITRD stuff switched on?


   Thomas


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