Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934262AbaJ2PvH (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Oct 2014 11:51:07 -0400 Received: from mx.mylinuxtime.de ([148.251.109.235]:52366 "EHLO mx.mylinuxtime.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933822AbaJ2PvF (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Oct 2014 11:51:05 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 363 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2014 11:51:05 EDT DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.9.2 mx.mylinuxtime.de 30B51215F2 From: Christian Hesse To: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet , x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" , Ingo Molnar , Thomas Gleixner , Christian Hesse Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Documentation: image containing ucode needs to be uncompressed Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 16:44:18 +0100 Message-Id: <1414597458-8938-1-git-send-email-mail@eworm.de> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.1.2 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org While the regular initramfs is allowed to be compressed, the image containing microcode is not. Signed-off-by: Christian Hesse --- Documentation/x86/early-microcode.txt | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/x86/early-microcode.txt b/Documentation/x86/early-microcode.txt index d62bea6..da6ded3 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/early-microcode.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/early-microcode.txt @@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ can fix CPU issues before they are observed during kernel boot time. Microcode is stored in an initrd file. The microcode is read from the initrd file and loaded to CPUs during boot time. -The format of the combined initrd image is microcode in cpio format followed by -the initrd image (maybe compressed). Kernel parses the combined initrd image -during boot time. The microcode file in cpio name space is: +The format of the combined initrd image is microcode in uncompressed +cpio format followed by the initrd image (maybe compressed). Kernel +parses the combined initrd image during boot time. The microcode file in +cpio name space is: on Intel: kernel/x86/microcode/GenuineIntel.bin on AMD : kernel/x86/microcode/AuthenticAMD.bin -- 2.1.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/