linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 0/6] x86: Support for Intel Microcode Staging Feature

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Message-ID: <8750630c-0185-44bc-9a7c-a712e307bd5b@intel.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 12:08:31 -0700
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To: "Chang S. Bae" <chang.seok.bae@...el.com>, x86@...nel.org
Cc: tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de,
 dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, colinmitchell@...gle.com, chao.gao@...el.com,
 abusse@...zon.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/6] x86: Support for Intel Microcode Staging Feature

On 8/13/25 10:26, Chang S. Bae wrote:
> The use case for this feature is late-loading with increased load times,
> most likely in cloud service environments. I reached out to potential
> users for reviews and feedback, and Anselm Busse has confirmed his
> testing.

I'm glad someone tested this, but it would also be ideal to have some
code reviews from the folks that are actually going to use this. From
the lack of reviews, I'm going to assume that folks don't really want
this merged any time soon.