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[82.69.66.36]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id ffacd0b85a97d-3a099b0fe7asm4579200f8f.61.2025.05.03.03.51.38 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sat, 03 May 2025 03:51:39 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 3 May 2025 11:51:37 +0100 From: David Laight To: Borislav Petkov Cc: Ingo Molnar , Thomas Gleixner , Kevin Koster , Oerg866 , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar , Dave Hansen , x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: [PATCH -v2] x86/microcode: Consolidate the loader enablement checking Message-ID: <20250503115137.3c113eaf@pumpkin> In-Reply-To: <20250414112633.GBZ_zw6WlMbXr7q7cM@fat_crate.local> References: <20250406190253.GAZ_LP3RPZInWKcHN7@fat_crate.local> <20250407095848.7933a358c9f450fe03fb8234@ombertech.com> <20250407102927.GAZ_OpBw5hJ2QTFsKz@fat_crate.local> <20250408002150.8955343f4e2f2ac31b4663e8@ombertech.com> <20250407135533.GDZ_PZVZ-2CKmhbt7d@fat_crate.local> <20250408172250.GCZ_VbaqKsshMYTdaE@fat_crate.local> <875xjcteq2.ffs@tglx> <20250411110741.GCZ_j3_dLFQ5fGhHqw@fat_crate.local> <20250414095933.GAZ_zchcLNPpUHF9IN@fat_crate.local> <20250414112633.GBZ_zw6WlMbXr7q7cM@fat_crate.local> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 4.1.1 (GTK 3.24.38; arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, 14 Apr 2025 13:26:33 +0200 Borislav Petkov wrote: ... > An additional thing we could do - and since I'm fan of namespaces - we can > start supporting a "microcode=" cmdline in parallel and have it do > > microcode=disable You probably want 'loader' in the name as well. David