From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756070Ab2DQRai (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:30:38 -0400 Received: from mail.wdtv.com ([66.118.69.84]:55860 "EHLO mail.wdtv.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751479Ab2DQRah (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:30:37 -0400 From: Gene Heskett To: Kay Sievers Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86, microcode: Ensure that module is only loaded for Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:30:35 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/3.2.14-pclos7-gene-pae-bfs; KDE/4.6.5; i686; ; ) Cc: Borislav Petkov , "Srivatsa S. Bhat" , "Greg Kroah-Hartman" , Andreas Herrmann , Dave Jones , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar , Thomas Gleixner , tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk, hpa@zytor.com, x86@kernel.org References: <20120411163849.GE4794@alberich.amd.com> <201204171153.04489.gene.heskett@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="windows-1256" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <201204171330.35470.gene.heskett@gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tuesday, April 17, 2012, Kay Sievers wrote: >2012/4/17 Gene Heskett : >> I do not think the above has anything to do with the current version >> shipping in some distro's, which is trying to find the intel code on >> kernels >2.6.39 when running on AMD stuff, so that script in >> /etc/init.d needs attention too. Â I have nuked about half of that >> script in my local copy so that it does install AMD code on AMD >> processors. Â The errors I was seeing were only the lack of its >> ability to find the Intel code and does not generate any output >> resembling the above. > >Just a note: the intel microcode is loaded by a kernel-initiated >firmware request these days. There is no (broken) init script on >recent systems, to (rather mindlessly) fiddle around in userspace with >kernel internals. > >Kay That has to be a good deal in general, but it leaves us AMD users swinging in a strong breeze. That microcode loading was in the kernel until sometime in the 2.6.20ish time frame, I can recall scanning dmesg's where it was loaded by about line 75 in past history. Now its just an afterthought. :( Thanks Kay. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: The American nation in the sixth ward is a fine people; they love the eagle -- on the back of a dollar. -- Finlay Peter Dunne