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SubjectRe: [tip:x86/microcode] x86/microcode_intel_early.c: Early update ucode on Intel's CPU
On 12/19/2012 03:30 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 03:17:59PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> I presume with "too big" he really means "oddly shaped".
>
> Yeah, that's why it could be enlarged a little in order to adjust it to
> the MTRR scheme. This is what the BKDG says about it:
>

Yes, they should just cap the hole a few megabytes short and put an UC
MTRR at 0xfc00000000. That should happen regardless... this system is
dangerous without it.

-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.



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