Re: [xen-unstable test] 57852: regressions - FAIL

[Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>]

On Wed, 2015-06-10 at 16:59 +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
> >>> On 10.06.15 at 16:34, <ian.campbell@citrix.com> wrote:
> > For Intel I'm less sure, I've got microcode-20150121.tgz containing
> > microcode.dat. Is that just to be placed at
> > kernel/x86/microcode/GenuineIntel.bin and done, or is there some
> > processing needed?
> 
> The full blob (albeit usually named microcode.bin; microcode.dat
> ordinarily is a text file) can be used if so desired, but there's also a
> tool to split it into more fine grained chunks.
> 
> > I've got a thing called iucode-tool in my hand from a Debian package if
> > I need it.
> 
> Or maybe there are multiple different tools - the one I know about
> is commonly named intel-microcode2ucode taking microcode.dat as
> input and producing microcode.bin as well as many individual
> <family>-<model>-<stepping> blobs.

Not sure if they are the same tool, but I seem to have managed to get
iucode-tool to take my microcode.dat and produce a suitable binary file.
I'm testing the integration with osstest now.

Thanks,

Ian.