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Date:   Wed, 3 Apr 2019 10:18:15 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To:     Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@oracle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/microcode: Remove useless code after early microcode
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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")

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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