From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 494A8C433DF for ; Wed, 10 Jun 2020 10:34:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18B2520656 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 2020 10:34:33 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=alien8.de header.i=@alien8.de header.b="QxTP5VFv" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728311AbgFJKea (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jun 2020 06:34:30 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:55386 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728083AbgFJKe3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jun 2020 06:34:29 -0400 Received: from mail.skyhub.de (mail.skyhub.de [IPv6:2a01:4f8:190:11c2::b:1457]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 33164C03E96F for ; Wed, 10 Jun 2020 03:34:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zn.tnic (p200300ec2f0c190058967d889e42c717.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [IPv6:2003:ec:2f0c:1900:5896:7d88:9e42:c717]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.skyhub.de (SuperMail on ZX Spectrum 128k) with ESMTPSA id 3AA5F1EC0347; Wed, 10 Jun 2020 12:34:26 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alien8.de; s=dkim; t=1591785266; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:in-reply-to: references:references; bh=oUqsKM3VGX+allcG7hbfIpXBxBk39Nd9J5AqFmM6K8s=; b=QxTP5VFvFhwFGfG/QYHXDM7gSslE/W6R1WJhaFnz1bVKe+oeRo84Me3nh+MdyOw/VWloeE OznB+C/Y//kxVKnJN/UZ6ud/8aurD2f/dnXT6tBvc48bTJKtlcJT7ZqGC5GcpkDjMC487W NmNpiwaF00QJbhLY2aDpaK9rKcTZbDE= Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2020 12:34:18 +0200 From: Borislav Petkov To: Herbert Xu Cc: Thomas Gleixner , "H. Peter Anvin" , Ingo Molnar , x86-ml , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Luis Chamberlain , Greg KH Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/microcode: Do not select FW_LOADER Message-ID: <20200610103418.GE14118@zn.tnic> References: <20200610042911.GA20058@gondor.apana.org.au> <20200610081609.GA14118@zn.tnic> <20200610102851.GA22584@gondor.apana.org.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200610102851.GA22584@gondor.apana.org.au> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 08:28:51PM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > Because MICROCODE is the only thing on my system that pulls it > into the kernel. That's a very interesting system you have. > That shouldn't be a problem. That function can simply move under > another (hidden) Kconfig option that gets selected by both MICROCODE > and FW_LOADER. Out Kconfig symbols space is a mess and I'd prefer not to add another one if there's no good reason for it. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette