From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1162255AbbKTIs6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Nov 2015 03:48:58 -0500 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:48926 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161149AbbKTIs4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 20 Nov 2015 03:48:56 -0500 Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 09:48:53 +0100 From: Borislav Petkov To: Markus Trippelsdorf Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: x86/microcode update on systems without INITRD Message-ID: <20151120084853.GB4028@pd.tnic> References: <20151119214301.GA318@x4> <20151119215543.GA4926@pd.tnic> <20151119225828.GB4926@pd.tnic> <20151120071920.GA321@x4> <20151120082716.GA4028@pd.tnic> <20151120083348.GB321@x4> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20151120083348.GB321@x4> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 09:33:48AM +0100, Markus Trippelsdorf wrote: > Well, BLK_DEV_INITRD is not set in my config and it works just fine... I'm assuming with "works just fine" you mean, you can load microcode. Again, as I explained previously, you should consider moving to the early method with an initrd. The late method is a fallback for certain setups and the early method should be the preferred one. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. SUSE Linux GmbH, GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton, HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg) --