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From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: Harald Hoyer <harald-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: "Yu,
	Fenghua" <fenghua.yu-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	"initramfs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org"
	<initramfs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC v1] dracut.sh: Support early microcode loading.
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 13:20:09 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130717172009.GC30248@phenom.dumpdata.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <51E690C1.5010004-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>

> > Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk-QHcLZuEGTsvQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
> > [v1: Support --host-only parameter]
> > ---
> >  dracut-functions.sh |   33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  dracut.sh           |   46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> >  2 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > 
> 
> Pushed to dracut git HEAD, but disabled by default, also added the

Yeeey! Thank you.
> --early-microcode option and bash cimpletion.

I did check the initramfs with a kernel that does not have this support
(no CONFIG_EARLY_CPIO..), and found out that the kernel is smart enough to
combine the two payloads in one (so the initrd has the kernel/...).

In case that is your fear of enabling this by default  :-)
> 
> Man pages still need documentation.

Of course. Will do it.
> 
> lsinitrd only displays the microcode files at the moment of course.
> This is tricky to solve. Any ideas?

Oh boy. Tricky. I will look at it and cobble something up. Not this week
thought - but next one.
> 
> 
> 

  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-07-17 17:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-07-09 19:24 [RFC v1] dracut.sh: Support early microcode loading Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
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2013-07-10  0:29   ` Yu, Fenghua
     [not found]     ` <3E5A0FA7E9CA944F9D5414FEC6C712205A528195-P5GAC/sN6hlZtRGVdHMbwrfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2013-07-10  7:37       ` Harald Hoyer
     [not found]         ` <51DD0F27.70202-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-07-10 14:58           ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
     [not found]             ` <20130710145815.GD11007-6K5HmflnPlqSPmnEAIUT9EEOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2013-07-12 21:02               ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
     [not found]                 ` <20130712210254.GA26664-6K5HmflnPlqSPmnEAIUT9EEOCMrvLtNR@public.gmane.org>
2013-07-17 12:40                   ` Harald Hoyer
     [not found]                     ` <51E690C1.5010004-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2013-07-17 17:20                       ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk [this message]
2013-07-10 11:13       ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk

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