| Date | Wed, 25 Nov 2020 23:09:47 +0100 | From | Borislav Petkov <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 03/67] x86/cpu: Move get_builtin_firmware() common code (from microcode only) |
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On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 10:25:48AM -0800, isaku.yamahata@intel.com wrote: > From: Zhang Chen <chen.zhang@intel.com> > > Move get_builtin_firmware() to common.c so that it can be used to get > non-ucode firmware, e.g. Intel's SEAM modules, even if MICROCODE=n.
What for?
This is used for microcode built in the kernel - a non-common use case. Why is your thing built into the kernel and not a normal module object?
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