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On 11/8/22 15:06, Ashok Raj wrote:
> Patch3 is a bug fix. I suspect some earlier upstream reports of ucode 
> failure after update (early loading) might be related. The symptom is 
> similar, but those are too old to followup. I got into a similare situation
> when i tried to update an incompatible uCode from initrd and system hung.

Hi Ashok,

If this really is a bug fix, could you please break it out and send it
separately along with appropriate tags like Fixes and a cc:stable@?  We
handle bug fixes differently from new features.