From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS, USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAB69C4360F for ; Wed, 3 Apr 2019 08:18:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99F6B2084C for ; Wed, 3 Apr 2019 08:18:25 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=alien8.de header.i=@alien8.de header.b="JHCyQh3y" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728863AbfDCISY (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Apr 2019 04:18:24 -0400 Received: from mail.skyhub.de ([5.9.137.197]:59698 "EHLO mail.skyhub.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725936AbfDCISX (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Apr 2019 04:18:23 -0400 Received: from zn.tnic (p200300EC2F148A00329C23FFFEA6A903.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [IPv6:2003:ec:2f14:8a00:329c:23ff:fea6:a903]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.skyhub.de (SuperMail on ZX Spectrum 128k) with ESMTPSA id ABD4E1EC05DE; Wed, 3 Apr 2019 10:18:22 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alien8.de; s=dkim; t=1554279502; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:in-reply-to: references:references; bh=Z8dgp1oLwkwlcZxZ+JTiNwN9zTfhBi78d+da12rCjQ4=; b=JHCyQh3ycm52ah/aTRlEvvXxgzPljJFFoSNuxB5k6fp+JFpQFapMlhs+O+PBUnUi1PMWCU C1yIyA866TA0ypa3LZE4zhoYHWxDo6nPAZT80bymuTXYgYs3uDf7kbaysn+YM9REwX6M37 KmyYsql0PyagYT7Fcq5R8sovHskqSFI= Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2019 10:18:15 +0200 From: Borislav Petkov To: Zhenzhong Duan Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner , Ingo Molnar , "H. Peter Anvin" , Srinivas Eeda Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/microcode: Remove useless code after early microcode support added Message-ID: <20190403081751.GA6970@zn.tnic> References: <1554108412-22229-1-git-send-email-zhenzhong.duan@oracle.com> <20190402153524.GH6826@zn.tnic> <4c12556d-9663-5cc9-bf0a-b2032110b0cb@oracle.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4c12556d-9663-5cc9-bf0a-b2032110b0cb@oracle.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Apr 03, 2019 at 03:40:24PM +0800, Zhenzhong Duan wrote: > I remember microcode could be module before early loading was added. You've remembered it wrongly, it is the other way around: 9a2bc335f100 ("x86/microcode: Unmodularize the microcode driver") -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply.