Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:07:52 -0700 | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Subject | Re: [patch 05/11] [PATCH 05/11] x86: Moved microcode.c to microcode_intel.c. |
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On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:59:39 +0200 Peter Oruba <peter.oruba@amd.com> wrote:
> Some additonal words regarding the current user space issues: > > IMHO the most convenient way to update microcode is through the > firmware loading interface instead of microcode_ctl. This reduces > user-space responsibilities to loading the correct module at boot > time and to place the microcode patch file at the right location via > package installation. The problems mentioned in this thread would > then probably disappear as well. What do you guys think?
while I absolutely don't disagree with what you say, breaking existing userspace is not an option. Yes I very much would like for microcode_ctl to die as well (in fact, that was one of the reasons we had the microcode code use request_firmware), but that doesn't mean we can just ditch compatibility ;(
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