linux-kernel - Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/microcode/intel: Disable late loading on model 79

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Message-ID: <20171101121235.rgnbiq2ocv5t7jt6@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Wed, 1 Nov 2017 13:12:35 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        mingo@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        tony.luck@...el.com, tglx@...utronix.de, bp@...e.de
Cc:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86/microcode/intel: Disable late loading on
 model 79

On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 09:22:13AM -0700, tip-bot for Borislav Petkov wrote:
> Commit-ID:  723f2828a98c8ca19842042f418fb30dd8cfc0f7
> Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/723f2828a98c8ca19842042f418fb30dd8cfc0f7
> Author:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
> AuthorDate: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 13:12:25 +0200
> Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
> CommitDate: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 15:20:20 +0200
> 
> x86/microcode/intel: Disable late loading on model 79
> 
> Blacklist Broadwell X model 79 for late loading due to an erratum.

This completely fails to explain or even mention the specific erratum :-(