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From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
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Subject: Re: [regression] microcode files missing in initramfs imgages from
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On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 09:49:27AM +0100, Antonio Feijoo wrote:
> As Linus said, the `check_kernel_config` stuff was implemented in 2014 and this
> is not the only kernel config option that it's being checked by dracut
> (CONFIG_ACPI_TABLE_UPGRADE, CONFIG_ACPI_INITRD_TABLE_OVERRIDE, CONFIG_RD_ZSTD),
> although I agree that it's fragile if something changes. But adding in CC the
> initramfs list (like you did), would be enough to prepare a simple fix in time.

Right, how about we give you a more reliable way to check functionality
built into the kernel instead of grepping the .config file?

Like the ELF note thing, for example:

https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231122132419.GBZV4BA399sG2JRFAJ@fat_crate.local

The current thing is not ABI and will break everytime we change
something and even if you fix it on time, older dracuts will still be
broken.

> The only problem I see in your patch is that we should also remove the
> `--early-microcode` option, and dracut will fail if someone pass an option
> available since 2013 (5f2c30d9bcd614d546d5c55c6897e33f88b9ab90) that would not
> be recognized now (and by failing, I mean it will not build an initramfs if an
> unrecognized option is passed).

Ah ok, --early-microcode becomes a no-op with my change. Sure.

> Please, submit it to https://github.com/dracutdevs/dracut, so more people can
> see it and discuss it. Thank you.

I presume I should read this first:

https://github.com/dracutdevs/dracut/blob/master/docs/HACKING.md

and send a github pull request?

Anything else I need to pay attention to when sending dracut patches?

Or is there also an old school mailing list where I can send the patch
to?

:-)

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette