linux-kernel - Re: x86/amd late microcode thread loading slows down boot

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Message-ID: <ZzxsciUu2EL5y13W@antipodes>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 11:46:10 +0100
From: Thomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de_schampheleire@...ia.com>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@...rix.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: x86/amd late microcode thread loading slows down boot

On Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 04:28:59PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 04:13:52PM +0100, Thomas De Schampheleire wrote:
> > Please go ahead with the final patch.
> > Will it be backported to the 6.6.x branch?
> 
> Sure, I'll Cc stable.

Note that neither 6.11.x nor 6.6.x already have the global bsp_cpuid_1_eax which
your patch currently relies on.

~Thomas