linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/microcode: Remove useless code after early microcode support added

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Message-ID: <20190403081751.GA6970@zn.tnic>
Date:   Wed, 3 Apr 2019 10:18:15 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@...cle.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Srinivas Eeda <srinivas.eeda@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/microcode: Remove useless code after early microcode
 support added

On Wed, Apr 03, 2019 at 03:40:24PM +0800, Zhenzhong Duan wrote:
> I remember microcode could be module before early loading was added.

You've remembered it wrongly, it is the other way around:

9a2bc335f100 ("x86/microcode: Unmodularize the microcode driver")

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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