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[2620:137:e000::1:20]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id 4-20020a508e04000000b004860662d184si27475719edw.150.2023.01.15.11.44.12; Sun, 15 Jan 2023 11:44:26 -0800 (PST) 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=C5ywKihe; 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 S231243AbjAOTFZ (ORCPT + 52 others); Sun, 15 Jan 2023 14:05:25 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:42932 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230401AbjAOTFV (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Jan 2023 14:05:21 -0500 Received: from mail.skyhub.de (mail.skyhub.de [5.9.137.197]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8651D113E6 for ; Sun, 15 Jan 2023 11:05:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from zn.tnic (p5de8e9fe.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [93.232.233.254]) (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 0422E1EC01E0; Sun, 15 Jan 2023 20:05:19 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alien8.de; s=dkim; t=1673809519; 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=KwyDnaKijjmBkYRfdwdSbMUXdAT+X9FAP/Vl+CeN8k4=; b=C5ywKiheTRrJyQ+Tq5kTFdmmW3S30gb2eml3cVThxzVFX+JhzAtgdksJCC2TWTtPXZHB4f VQcCaGjYSno125oZZPARnKLME9J4g+5mtrhSfpVu8zgvZ8IV8wTaUTGmISMMrTNJvyWiN5 RO0tY68Cj5OuXL/AThGcnSP+Zy4SBPY= Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2023 20:05:14 +0100 From: Borislav Petkov To: Ashok Raj Cc: Thomas Gleixner , X86-kernel , LKML Mailing List , Dave Hansen , Tony Luck , Ingo Molnar , alison.schofield@intel.com, reinette.chatre@intel.com, Tom Lendacky Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 6/6] x86/microcode/intel: Print when early microcode loading fails Message-ID: References: <20230109153555.4986-1-ashok.raj@intel.com> <20230109153555.4986-7-ashok.raj@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20230109153555.4986-7-ashok.raj@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 Mon, Jan 09, 2023 at 07:35:55AM -0800, Ashok Raj wrote: > Currently when early microcode loading fails there is no way for the > user to know that the update failed. Of course there is - there's no early update message in dmesg. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette