Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757919AbYGaVZU (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:25:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754501AbYGaVZG (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:25:06 -0400 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:33345 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754245AbYGaVZF (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:25:05 -0400 Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:24:41 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Dmitry Adamushko Cc: Max Krasnyansky , Peter Oruba , Thomas Gleixner , Tigran Aivazian , "H. Peter Anvin" , LKML Subject: Re: [patch 0/4] x86: AMD microcode patch loading v2 fixes Message-ID: <20080731212441.GF2729@elte.hu> References: <20080729154103.007575982@amd.com> <488F581B.7060009@qualcomm.com> <48903431.9060707@amd.com> <48909854.2040201@qualcomm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 642 Lines: 17 * Dmitry Adamushko wrote: > I've even suggested to consider doing microcode update somewhere > earlier in start_secondary() (say, right before cpu_idle()). So it'd > be done as ealry as possible + we don't mess up with cpu-hotplug > events. i have no problems with that approach in principle. Microcode updates are special and black magic things anyway. Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/