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Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 12:33:45 +0100 From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> To: X86 ML <x86@...nel.org> Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: [PATCH 17/17] x86/microcode: Document builtin microcode loading method From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de> Add some text and an example to Documentation/x86/early-microcode.txt explaining how to build in microcode. Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de> --- Documentation/x86/early-microcode.txt | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/x86/early-microcode.txt b/Documentation/x86/early-microcode.txt index d62bea6796da..c956d99cf1de 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/early-microcode.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/early-microcode.txt @@ -40,3 +40,28 @@ cp ../microcode.bin kernel/x86/microcode/GenuineIntel.bin (or AuthenticAMD.bin) find . | cpio -o -H newc >../ucode.cpio cd .. cat ucode.cpio /boot/initrd-3.5.0.img >/boot/initrd-3.5.0.ucode.img + +Builtin microcode +================= + +We can also load builtin microcode supplied through the regular firmware +builtin method CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL. Here's an example: + +CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y +CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="intel-ucode/06-3a-09 amd-ucode/microcode_amd_fam15h.bin" +CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware" + +This basically means, you have the following tree structure locally: + +/lib/firmware/ +|-- amd-ucode +... +| |-- microcode_amd_fam15h.bin +... +|-- intel-ucode +... +| |-- 06-3a-09 +... + +so that the build system can find those files and integrate them into +the final kernel image. The early loader finds them and applies them. -- 2.3.5
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