Re: [PATCH 7/8] x86, microcode, intel: guard against misaligned microcode data

Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2014-09-18T00:48:54Z

On Mon, 08 Sep 2014, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> Change the early microcode driver to make a temporary copy of a portion
> of the microcode header, and move the microcode data backwards
> (overwriting the header) to a suitably aligned position, right before
> issuing the microcode update WRMSR.

This one is missing a big thank you to Bill Davidsen for the "overwrite the
header" idea. Once I get some comments about this series, I will respin
this one and credit him.

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Henrique Holschuh