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Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2022 12:35:18 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Jithu Joseph <jithu.joseph@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/14] x86/microcode/intel: Meta-data support in
 microcode file
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On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 01:34:07PM -0700, Jithu Joseph wrote:
> From: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
> 
> Intel has made extensions to the microcode file format so that it
> can also be used for In Field Scan.

And this basically confirms what I just said in my previous mail: you
want to do IFS-specific changes already.

So please copy all code into your driver and reuse as you like so that
there are no cross-breakages.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette