From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
Cc: x86@kernel.org, eranian@google.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl, Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: Track minimum microcode revision globally
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:36:45 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FD7A85D.4000106@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1339533234-2265-1-git-send-email-andi@firstfloor.org>
On 06/12/2012 01:33 PM, Andi Kleen wrote:
>
> +/* Global minimum microcode version */
> +int min_microcode;
> +
Any reason not to use boot_cpu_data.microcode for this, much like we do
with the CPUID common subset?
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-06-12 20:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-06-12 20:33 [PATCH 1/2] x86: Track minimum microcode revision globally Andi Kleen
2012-06-12 20:33 ` [PATCH 2/2] perf/x86: check ucode before disabling PEBS on SandyBridge Andi Kleen
2012-06-12 20:36 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2012-06-12 20:39 ` [PATCH 1/2] x86: Track minimum microcode revision globally Andi Kleen
2012-06-12 20:49 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-12 20:52 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-12 20:59 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-12 21:03 ` Andi Kleen
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