Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 20 Nov 2015 09:27:16 +0100 | From | Borislav Petkov <> | Subject | Re: x86/microcode update on systems without INITRD |
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On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 08:19:20AM +0100, Markus Trippelsdorf wrote: > On 2015.11.19 at 23:58 +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 10:55:43PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 10:43:01PM +0100, Markus Trippelsdorf wrote: > > > > It looks like the ability to update x86/microcode without using an > > > > initrd was removed this merge window. > > > > > > Whoops, that shouldnt've happened. Will debug it tomorrow and provide a > > > fix. > > > > Anyway, the hunk below seems to work in my guest here, I'll run it > > on the rest of the boxes tomorrow. In case you want to give it a try > > before: > > Your patch works fine. Thanks.
Thanks for testing.
> But of course it needs this additional patch, otherwise the microcode > loader wouldn't build at all: > > diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig > index db3622f22b61..52c6964e24bd 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig > +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig > @@ -1126,7 +1126,6 @@ config MICROCODE > bool "CPU microcode loading support" > default y > depends on CPU_SUP_AMD || CPU_SUP_INTEL > - depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD > select FW_LOADER > ---help---
That dependency is a must as the early loader needs the initrd support.
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