Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 18 Apr 2018 14:08:40 +0200 | From | Vitezslav Samel <> | Subject | Re: 4.15.17 regression: bisected: timeout during microcode update |
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On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 12:07:21PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 10:11:40AM +0200, Vitezslav Samel wrote: > > Could be done anything to prevent this panic? > > Yes, for starters, is there anything preventing you from using an initrd > and doing early microcode loading? > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/x86/microcode.txt > > If no, consider doing that and not using the late method which is > problematic at best.
I switched to firmware-in-kernel early loading and that works OK. But still, the reported issue is regression in 4.15.17 and 4.16+.
Thanks,
Vita
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