Re: x86/microcode update on systems without INITRD

Borislav Petkov
2015-11-20T08:48:58Z

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.

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