Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 25 May 2006 00:12:34 -0400 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] microcode update driver rewrite |
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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.
Dave
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