linux-kernel - Re: [patch V3 07/30] x86/microcode/intel: Simplify early loading

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Message-ID: <87sf7aukv9.ffs@tglx>
Date:   Tue, 19 Sep 2023 19:35:22 +0200
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        "Chang S. Bae" <chang.seok.bae@...el.com>,
        Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
        Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [patch V3 07/30] x86/microcode/intel: Simplify early loading

On Tue, Sep 19 2023 at 16:57, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 19 2023 at 16:32, Borislav Petkov wrote:
>> On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 09:57:54AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>>> +/* Load microcode on BSP from CPIO */
>>
>> Yeah, no need to say "from CPIO" everywhere. We load it from somewhere,
>> it can be cpio but it can be builtin too.
>
> Makes sense.
>
>> But I can fix up too when applying.
>
> Thanks a lot!

Let me fix that up and repost as the removal of the early argument
in patch 1/N causes a metric ton of conflicts all over the series.

Thanks,

        tglx