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From: Alex Murray <alex.murray@canonical.com>
To: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: x86@kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de, bp@alien8.de,
	andrew.cooper3@citrix.com,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [v4] x86/cpu: Help users notice when running old Intel microcode
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2025 12:17:48 +1030	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tt96ikzf.fsf@canonical.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250206214723.B5F4DB81@davehans-spike.ostc.intel.com>

Hey Dave,

On Thu, 2025-02-06 at 13:47:23 -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:

>
> Also note that the "intel-ucode-defs.h" file is simple, ugly and
> has lots of magic numbers. That's on purpose and should allow a
> single file to be shared across lots of stable kernel regardless of if
> they have the new "VFM" infrastructure or not. It was generated with
> a dumb script.
>

Should this script be included as part of this patch so that it is easy
for others to update intel-ucode-defs.h if needed in the future?

Thanks,
Alex

  reply	other threads:[~2025-02-07  1:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-02-06 21:47 [PATCH] [v4] x86/cpu: Help users notice when running old Intel microcode Dave Hansen
2025-02-07  1:47 ` Alex Murray [this message]
2025-02-07  5:04   ` Dave Hansen

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