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SubjectRe: [PATCH 04/11] x86/microcode_core_early.c: Define interfaces for early load ucode
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 01:08:49PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 08/20/2012 07:06 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> >
> > Or,
> >
> > in case we want to supply more vendor-specific stuff early at boot, we
> > could do:
> >
> > kernel/x86/<vendor>/microcode...
> > |-> bios_overrides
> > |-> ...
> >
> > and have this layout extensible from the beginning...
> >
> Does that make sense, though?

Only time will tell. I was simply saying that we should leave ourselves
the door opened, should we need functionality like that in the future.

> I'm a bit concerned about having multiple files named microcode.bin by
> default; the pathname isn't as sticky as the filename when people move
> things around...

Ok, I see.

How about the following scheme then:

kernel/x86/<vendor>-microcode.bin
kernel/x86/<vendor>-bios-overrides.blob
...

?

All I'm saying is maybe we should impose some sanity rules now before
people go crazy with this and things get out of hands...

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