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[2620:137:e000::1:20]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id b4-20020a170903228400b0016f1eb1317esi570400plh.471.2022.11.03.04.58.59; Thu, 03 Nov 2022 04:59:13 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 2620:137:e000::1:20 as permitted sender) client-ip=2620:137:e000::1:20; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@alien8.de header.s=dkim header.b=iYaJOpik; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 2620:137:e000::1:20 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=NONE sp=NONE dis=NONE) header.from=alien8.de Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231295AbiKCLfX (ORCPT + 97 others); Thu, 3 Nov 2022 07:35:23 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:48054 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230489AbiKCLfV (ORCPT ); Thu, 3 Nov 2022 07:35:21 -0400 Received: from mail.skyhub.de (mail.skyhub.de [5.9.137.197]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 604656401; Thu, 3 Nov 2022 04:35:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zn.tnic (p200300ea9733e7e7329c23fffea6a903.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [IPv6:2003:ea:9733:e7e7:329c:23ff:fea6:a903]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.skyhub.de (SuperMail on ZX Spectrum 128k) with ESMTPSA id 06E531EC02FE; Thu, 3 Nov 2022 12:35:19 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alien8.de; s=dkim; t=1667475319; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:in-reply-to: references:references; bh=8mjUNpD1eY1Wg8bY70xQ5Vy5Mhil2Ie2JJEz5vxPrxI=; b=iYaJOpik9I3FNFs4THlB8SKSC473ivKylGctMCq921VaSqqwSlR3BIlZjUM4WaOjX+QRRL yjKUzga+BcrLP6pV6G8eUa/EELRyGV4YIioDo2QhD+CvE4KfBx7MFyLZ+L7NUjL9AkTu4y 2ERMpn/qXRLocJcnML4qOBT+xAUMRRY= Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2022 12:35:18 +0100 From: Borislav Petkov To: Jithu Joseph Cc: hdegoede@redhat.com, markgross@kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, x86@kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, ashok.raj@intel.com, tony.luck@intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org, patches@lists.linux.dev, ravi.v.shankar@intel.com, thiago.macieira@intel.com, athenas.jimenez.gonzalez@intel.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/14] x86/microcode/intel: Meta-data support in microcode file Message-ID: References: <20221021203413.1220137-1-jithu.joseph@intel.com> <20221021203413.1220137-9-jithu.joseph@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20221021203413.1220137-9-jithu.joseph@intel.com> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on lindbergh.monkeyblade.net Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 01:34:07PM -0700, Jithu Joseph wrote: > From: Ashok Raj > > Intel has made extensions to the microcode file format so that it > can also be used for In Field Scan. And this basically confirms what I just said in my previous mail: you want to do IFS-specific changes already. So please copy all code into your driver and reuse as you like so that there are no cross-breakages. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette