From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@amd64.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, x86 <x86@kernel.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>,
Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@sgi.com>,
Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@gmail.com>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, microcode: Make reload interface per system
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:31:08 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FDFF27C.5000205@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120619024639.GB6186@khazad-dum.debian.net>
On 06/18/2012 07:46 PM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
>
> It is a pity this one is much harder to backport to 3.2 and 3.0. I'd
> really like to have the new interface there. But it looks good, and we
> will support the new /sys/devices/system/cpu/microcode/reload sysfs node
> in Debian for the benefit of anyone using a newer kernel than the
> distro's (which will be based on 3.2).
>
> So, fwiw, you have my:
> Acked-by-unimportant-person: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>
>
I have to admit to being slightly questioning to the whole "sysfs
trigger, request_firmware" interface... it seems royally backwards to me
(it makes sense for the initial firmware load, I guess, but that is
better done early.)
Either way I don't have a hugely strong preference.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-06-19 3:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 107+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-06-07 7:15 [PATCH] perf/x86: check ucode before disabling PEBS on SandyBridge Stephane Eranian
2012-06-07 10:18 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-07 10:35 ` Stephane Eranian
2012-06-07 10:45 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-07 10:48 ` Stephane Eranian
2012-06-07 11:15 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 9:35 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-06-08 10:00 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 10:03 ` Stephane Eranian
2012-06-08 13:26 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 13:51 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-08 13:54 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 14:15 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-08 14:20 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 14:36 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-08 14:45 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 15:09 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-08 13:56 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 14:03 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-08 13:59 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 14:03 ` Stephane Eranian
2012-06-08 14:17 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-08 16:02 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-08 21:02 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-08 21:16 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-08 14:07 ` Stephane Eranian
2012-06-08 14:13 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 14:19 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-08 14:23 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 14:26 ` Stephane Eranian
2012-06-08 14:25 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 14:26 ` Stephane Eranian
2012-06-12 8:14 ` Stephane Eranian
2012-06-08 16:28 ` Stephane Eranian
2012-06-08 18:49 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 16:50 ` Andi Kleen
2012-06-08 18:05 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-08 18:52 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 20:38 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-12 17:07 ` Robert Richter
2012-06-12 17:09 ` Stephane Eranian
2012-06-12 17:13 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-12 17:17 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-12 17:18 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-12 17:23 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-12 17:26 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-12 17:35 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-12 17:40 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-12 18:04 ` Andi Kleen
2012-06-12 20:10 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-13 1:04 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-13 6:51 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-13 12:36 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-13 16:11 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-13 21:41 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-15 12:37 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-15 12:42 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-15 12:52 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-15 16:52 ` [PATCH] x86, microcode: Make reload interface per system Borislav Petkov
2012-06-15 17:16 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-15 17:49 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-19 2:46 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-19 3:31 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2012-06-19 5:11 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-19 8:17 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-19 10:22 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-19 10:26 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-19 15:06 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-19 15:57 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-19 18:22 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-19 20:22 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-20 23:46 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-20 23:49 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-21 0:06 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-21 0:18 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-21 2:33 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-19 5:03 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-19 18:57 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-19 22:19 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-19 2:42 ` [PATCH] perf/x86: check ucode before disabling PEBS on SandyBridge Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-12 17:23 ` Robert Richter
2012-06-12 17:15 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-07 13:28 ` Andi Kleen
2012-06-07 13:27 ` Andi Kleen
2012-06-12 18:35 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-12 19:07 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-12 19:33 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-12 19:35 ` Andi Kleen
2012-06-12 19:49 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-12 20:28 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-12 20:37 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-12 20:42 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-12 20:56 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-12 20:58 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-12 21:04 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-13 8:38 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-13 14:00 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-13 15:37 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-13 15:46 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-13 12:39 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-13 13:22 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-13 14:01 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-13 8:32 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-13 13:59 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-13 15:32 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-13 15:38 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-12 20:27 ` H. Peter Anvin
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