linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [v4] x86/cpu: Help users notice when running old Intel microcode

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Message-ID: <87tt96ikzf.fsf@canonical.com>
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:17:48 +1030
From: Alex Murray <alex.murray@...onical.com>
To: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: x86@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, bp@...en8.de,
 andrew.cooper3@...rix.com, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [v4] x86/cpu: Help users notice when running old Intel
 microcode

Hey Dave,

On Thu, 2025-02-06 at 13:47:23 -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:

>
> Also note that the "intel-ucode-defs.h" file is simple, ugly and
> has lots of magic numbers. That's on purpose and should allow a
> single file to be shared across lots of stable kernel regardless of if
> they have the new "VFM" infrastructure or not. It was generated with
> a dumb script.
>

Should this script be included as part of this patch so that it is easy
for others to update intel-ucode-defs.h if needed in the future?

Thanks,
Alex