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Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 06:59:47 -0700
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf/x86: check ucode before disabling PEBS on SandyBridge
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On 06/13/2012 01:32 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-06-12 at 21:49 +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
>>
>> But why, do you see a better option for how to tell the kernel to load a
>> binary blob early at boot? 
> 
> built it in? There's this feature where you can included firmware blobs
> in the kernel image. It has all the benefits of initrd, since the only
> time I ever would update initrd if used it, would be when I install a
> new kernel, which I just built anyway.
> 

You know you can build in an initramfs blob in the kernel, right?  In
fact, there always is one there even if you don't create it explicitly.

Problem solved, methinks.

	-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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