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Subject: Re: [RFC 01/10] x86/microcode/intel: expose collect_cpu_info_early()
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On 3/1/2022 12:08 PM, Greg KH wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 01, 2022 at 11:54:48AM -0800, Jithu Joseph wrote:
>> IFS uses a image provided by Intel that can be regarded as firmware.
>> IFS image carries the Processor Signature such as family/model/stepping
>> similar to what we find in the microcode header.
>>
>> Expose collect_cpu_info_early() and cpu_signatures_match() for IFS image
> 
> If this is going to be a global symbol, how about
> cpu_collect_info_early() to keep the correct prefix?

Will make this change