Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 13:30:17 +0200
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@amd64.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>, Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>,
        x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86, intel: Output microcode revision
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* Borislav Petkov <bp@amd64.org> wrote:

> > Sure we have /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuN/microcode/version, but 
> > that's both privileged to get
> 
> Not only that but you have to load the ucode driver to be able to 
> read it. /proc/cpuinfo looks like the easiest and most generic 
> place.

Indeed, that's a good point - i sometimes boot kernels without the 
microcode driver built in, so then no microcode gets loaded. If i 
report a weird bug then whoever looks at my bug report might notice 
the ancient ucode version number in /proc/cpuinfo.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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