linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4] scripts/x86/intel: Add a script to update the old microcode list

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Message-ID: <5e5208fb-d1af-43a5-86de-e009901e272f@intel.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 11:09:34 -0800
From: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@...el.com>
To: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>, Andrew Cooper
	<andrew.cooper3@...rix.com>, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, "H .
 Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, "Josh
 Poimboeuf" <jpoimboe@...nel.org>, Pawan Gupta
	<pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>, Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@...e.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	<x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] scripts/x86/intel: Add a script to update the old
 microcode list

On 2/2/2026 10:01 AM, Dave Hansen wrote:
>>     if existing is not None:
>>         # If the existing one is newer, just move on:
>>         if existing['rev'] > rev['rev']:
>>             continue
>>
>> Dave, opinion?
> 
> I can't think of a case where I wanted to use multiple directories for a
> single run of the script. The only thing I tend to do is switch between
> the distr-provided ucode in /lib/firmware and a local clone of the Intel
> microcode git repo. So, one or the other, not both at once.

Great, I think we can avoid the find duplicates logic in that case.