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=-2.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_SANE_1 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 C1012C433E1 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 2020 13:12:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93A602078D for ; Wed, 10 Jun 2020 13:12:17 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1591794737; bh=26We/Gs2bQmeGtJsArJMTeIoUPvBgupxCbN/xb74SRk=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:List-ID:From; b=q2n6w2kfz2Xv+n9keVcpyfPZeBUlR3i49kNvzyqpJ7Aag35907oxqmQfS4tlPAB4y nBJGPJZT53FHrT3Gbg7sSjtDeQ5yJ93bB6KW9ug+ZX+oO0jX3Hf+ZyXOratXEaCEkg R4+kKFKhZQGgNhf+P1/HDj+IZMC2HY7aAQkAuIC0= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729200AbgFJNMP (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jun 2020 09:12:15 -0400 Received: from mail-pl1-f194.google.com ([209.85.214.194]:38762 "EHLO mail-pl1-f194.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729224AbgFJNMM (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jun 2020 09:12:12 -0400 Received: by mail-pl1-f194.google.com with SMTP id m7so947258plt.5 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 2020 06:12:12 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=HfPSWZ3qkRuMWXYjDfciqKAxQu3R7E4m6zPaEBh66ng=; b=srJYFM7/LhUijxYzZG7/erVg2eGjfDP73zYY8LTxqbXRdz4Zzrk8QsxVEcMWslGL11 XCy8IcyaX7cfuuEbmJiaH7pcHHLVBqsG7alHMPvPSw9aQuzjY182XHHTTZOyMrziOmNF 6Bb8okJwuDjciC9IVps2Yxx38t0IBObfC4RBs6f65tF7EyeL/wj3ku7tDuuJQnCWmcvr +7XB92XNZ/eVovMp1meKHM9OJ4W97Aka33gGOmBwyzuNdQnKaxuMWzUE3zdSxLQpVSxa fjFQESRC1XYSUhT2IyGyIih311zuaVfdBQIBzpPtDtp5jaKgpPeUgQkExzGXrlO/cI8U eOHg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532BRGYi7irFVr6BNeueBYZzdb4LkElYLe/rqVfd8n5XArHuBTxj 5uEPzzbDVkZUmI30hb/+qC4= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxYrdDjjON737xwTPAuEWTIaxKF0cFQ+p1RXdW+rS80DQLwzvfORrrmPG1Nod4xEDfMKvx2tg== X-Received: by 2002:a17:90a:7806:: with SMTP id w6mr2848849pjk.24.1591794731559; Wed, 10 Jun 2020 06:12:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from 42.do-not-panic.com (42.do-not-panic.com. [157.230.128.187]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id s23sm5272950pju.35.2020.06.10.06.12.10 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 10 Jun 2020 06:12:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 42.do-not-panic.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B0096403AB; Wed, 10 Jun 2020 13:12:09 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2020 13:12:09 +0000 From: Luis Chamberlain To: Borislav Petkov Cc: Herbert Xu , Thomas Gleixner , "H. Peter Anvin" , Ingo Molnar , x86-ml , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Greg KH Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/microcode: Do not select FW_LOADER Message-ID: <20200610131209.GT11244@42.do-not-panic.com> References: <20200610042911.GA20058@gondor.apana.org.au> <20200610081609.GA14118@zn.tnic> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200610081609.GA14118@zn.tnic> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) 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 10:16:09AM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote: > > Also, I'm working on removing that homegrown get_builtin_firmware() and > use the one in the fw loader: > > https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200408094526.GC24663@zn.tnic I would like to still encourage this, even with this patch in place, as I think it makes this a proper call, and reflects better how the firmware loader is used exactly. FWIW, firmware loader will be changed soon to not be modular, and just built-in or disabled. Luis