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

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Message-ID: <20160108133725.GH14673@pd.tnic>
Date:	Fri, 8 Jan 2016 14:37:25 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
Cc:	Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@...ppelsdorf.de>,
	Måns Rullgård <mans@...sr.com>,
	Thomas Voegtle <tv@...96.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: x86/microcode update on systems without INITRD

On Fri, Jan 08, 2016 at 01:48:40PM +0100, Michal Marek wrote:
> You can add a conditional comment like this
> 
> comment "WARNING: Early microcode loader requires initramfs support"
> 	depends on MICROCODE && !BLK_DEV_INITRD
> 
> and hope that somebody reads it.

Actually, I was thinking about something which gets printed when doing
"make oldconfig". In addition to the Kconfig text. I'll take a look once
the stupid cold goes away...

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