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From:   Jari Ruusu <jari.ruusu@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 13 Jan 2020 22:30:13 +0200
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Subject: Re: Fix built-in early-load Intel microcode alignment
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc:     Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
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On 1/13/20, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> wrote:
> Btw, just out of curiosity: why are you using built-in microcode and not
> the initrd method?

Initrd method is better when it is a kernel intended to be booted
on many different computers. Built-in microcode method kernel is
tuned for one computer only. It is less hassle that way.

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