linux-kernel - Re: [tip: x86/microcode] x86/microcode: Document the whole late loading problem

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Message-ID: <Yvs+YG0eTBYm1kI9@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 16 Aug 2022 08:51:12 +0200
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org, Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@...el.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [tip: x86/microcode] x86/microcode: Document the whole late
 loading problem


* tip-bot2 for Ashok Raj <tip-bot2@...utronix.de> wrote:

>  Builtin microcode
>  =================
>  
> @@ -134,7 +232,7 @@ This basically means, you have the following tree structure locally::
>    |   |-- 06-3a-09
>    ...
>  
> -so that the build system can find those files and integrate them into
> +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.

Small nit: this capitalization change is spurious. The 'so' is a 
continuation of the sentence, not a separate sentence - now that paragraph 
is actively weird & grammatically incorrect, starting with a 'So'.

Maybe:

   ... so that the build system can find those files and integrate them into

Thanks,

	Ingo