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

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Message-ID: <yw1xziwbvnde.fsf@unicorn.mansr.com>
Date:	Mon, 11 Jan 2016 21:04:45 +0000
From:	Måns Rullgård <mans@...sr.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Cc:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	Markus Trippelsdorf <markus@...ppelsdorf.de>,
	Thomas Voegtle <tv@...96.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: x86/microcode update on systems without INITRD

Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de> writes:

> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 08:29:01PM +0000, Måns Rullgård wrote:
>> But this is wrong.  Microcode update doesn't need initrd.
>
> You need to read my mail to the end:
>
>> It needs to be made to look at CONFIG_MODULES and make that warning
>> just a hint. I'll have to think about it more...

What do modules have to do with anything?

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Måns Rullgård