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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/3] x86/microcode: support for microcode
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Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:40:22 -0700
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On 10/17/2011 10:08 AM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> 
> <scratches his head>
> You are still using the microcode API (the existing one) to
> program the CPUs right? It is just that you are fetching the images
> much much earlier than it currently is done?
> 

No, the goal is to ditch the existing API and load the CPUs very early
in the start path.

	-hpa