Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 25 May 2006 08:02:24 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] microcode update driver rewrite |
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On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 12:12:34AM -0400, Dave Jones wrote: > On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 09:05:57PM -0700, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote: > > > Don't use request_firmware, use request_firmware_nowait() instead. That > > way you never stall. You only want to update the firmware when > > userspace tells you to, not for every boot like I think this will do. > > But the CPU microcode *does* need reloading on each boot, as it's stored > in volatile memory that goes away on reboot.
Sorry about that, you are right. But this will make the boot process a bit different than what it currently is, just make sure that the distros realize this change...
thanks,
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