Re: [patch] Regression in 2.6.19-rc microcode driver

[Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>]

Andrew Morton wrote:
>> --- linux-2.6.18/arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c.org	2006-11-06 14:50:37.000000000 +0100
>> +++ linux-2.6.18/arch/i386/kernel/microcode.c	2006-11-06 14:52:30.000000000 +0100
>> @@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ static void microcode_init_cpu(int cpu)
>>  	set_cpus_allowed(current, cpumask_of_cpu(cpu));
>>  	mutex_lock(&microcode_mutex);
>>  	collect_cpu_info(cpu);
>> -	if (uci->valid)
>> +	if (uci->valid && system_state==SYSTEM_RUNNING)
>>  		cpu_request_microcode(cpu);
>>  	mutex_unlock(&microcode_mutex);
>>  	set_cpus_allowed(current, old);
> 
> Can we fix this by switching to late_initcall() or something like that?

I will try but it then still runs before userspace (esp "init") is 
alive so I'm not convinced it'll do the right thing