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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@amd64.org>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, andi@firstfloor.org, mingo@elte.hu,
	ming.m.lin@intel.com, "Yu, Fenghua" <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf/x86: check ucode before disabling PEBS on SandyBridge
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 10:32:28 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1339576348.31548.114.camel@twins> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120612194900.GC11137@aftab.osrc.amd.com>

On Tue, 2012-06-12 at 21:49 +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> 
> But why, do you see a better option for how to tell the kernel to load a
> binary blob early at boot? 

built it in? There's this feature where you can included firmware blobs
in the kernel image. It has all the benefits of initrd, since the only
time I ever would update initrd if used it, would be when I install a
new kernel, which I just built anyway.



  parent reply	other threads:[~2012-06-13  8:32 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
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 [this message]
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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