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From: Borislav Petkov <bp@amd64.org>
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On Tue, Dec 06, 2011 at 07:34:37PM +0530, Srivatsa S. Bhat wrote:
> > Not blindly, the microcode is still verified.
> > 
> I saw your other mail about the validity of this whole scenario, and I
> kind of agree to your point.
> 
> My thoughts below might not be so relevant/significant considering that,
> but anyways, just to understand what you said above:
> I didn't quite find where the microcode is verified if the kernel happens
> to have the microcode image already.

Sorry, I might not've been clear enough: it is still verified by the
_hardware_, regardless of whether the ucode loader checks it or not.
Remember, hw guys don't trust sw guys and the reverse holds true too.

:-)

HTH.

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