linux-kernel - Re: Fix built-in early-load Intel microcode alignment

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Date:   Mon, 13 Jan 2020 22:30:13 +0200
From:   Jari Ruusu <jari.ruusu@...il.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        johannes.berg@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Fix built-in early-load Intel microcode alignment

On 1/13/20, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:
> Btw, just out of curiosity: why are you using built-in microcode and not
> the initrd method?

Initrd method is better when it is a kernel intended to be booted
on many different computers. Built-in microcode method kernel is
tuned for one computer only. It is less hassle that way.

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