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From: Borislav Petkov <bp@amd64.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86, microcode: Make reload interface per system
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On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 04:10:18PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> I'm wondering about the new format... it seems to potentially make it
> harder to do the proper retaining of compatible CPU microcodes.

.. and if you don't split the blob, you have all the ucode patches in
one package. So are there any advantages in splitting the single blob?

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