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SubjectRe: [PATCH v1 1/2] x86/cpufeature: Add facility to match microcode revisions
On Sat, Oct 06, 2018 at 11:15:07AM -0700, Andi Kleen wrote:
> The matcher can be used to match specific hardware steppings by setting
> the min/max_ucode to 0 or specific microcode revisions
> (which are associated with steppings)

This better be explained unambiguously.

> We still support the old microcode interface that allows updates
> per CPU, and also it could happen during CPU hotplug.

There are no per CPU microcode updates anymore - it is all or none.

It is actually your microcoders who came up with a bunch of restrictions
like quiescing the cores from doing *anything*, blocking hotplug,
prohibiting updates if a subset of the cores is not online and still not
guaranteeing it'll work all the time because <reasons>.

The actually very simple reason being it is just too late for microcode
update when the machine is up. Where all I wanna do is rip the damn
thing out completely.

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply.

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