Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758551Ab2HUUwc (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:52:32 -0400 Received: from mga11.intel.com ([192.55.52.93]:62501 "EHLO mga11.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758457Ab2HUUw3 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:52:29 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.77,804,1336374000"; d="scan'208";a="183578195" From: "Yu, Fenghua" To: Borislav Petkov , "H. Peter Anvin" CC: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh , Ingo Molnar , Thomas Gleixner , "Mallick, Asit K" , Tigran Aivazian , Andreas Herrmann , Borislav Petkov , linux-kernel , x86 Subject: RE: [PATCH 04/11] x86/microcode_core_early.c: Define interfaces for early load ucode Thread-Topic: [PATCH 04/11] x86/microcode_core_early.c: Define interfaces for early load ucode Thread-Index: AQHNfRunwqP95+1vaUy4HYughHZSRZdgoT4A//+XQYCAANiLAIAARpuAgAHdegCAAGU7gIAAAxCAgAEVvBCAAHrTAIAACe0A//+K0CA= Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:52:26 +0000 Message-ID: <3E5A0FA7E9CA944F9D5414FEC6C7122007788491@ORSMSX105.amr.corp.intel.com> References: <1345277729-8399-5-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com> <20120818224442.GB32120@khazad-dum.debian.net> <3E5A0FA7E9CA944F9D5414FEC6C71220077879BF@ORSMSX105.amr.corp.intel.com> <503078A2.9030204@zytor.com> <3E5A0FA7E9CA944F9D5414FEC6C7122007787B22@ORSMSX105.amr.corp.intel.com> <20120820140630.GD24149@aftab.osrc.amd.com> <50329951.9030805@zytor.com> <20120820201947.GC15006@aftab.osrc.amd.com> <3E5A0FA7E9CA944F9D5414FEC6C712200778846C@ORSMSX105.amr.corp.intel.com> <5033EBE6.5080608@zytor.com> <20120821204858.GA30472@aftab.osrc.amd.com> In-Reply-To: <20120821204858.GA30472@aftab.osrc.amd.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.22.254.138] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1034 Lines: 28 > -----Original Message----- > From: Borislav Petkov [mailto:bp@amd64.org] > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 1:49 PM > To: H. Peter Anvin > Cc: Yu, Fenghua; Henrique de Moraes Holschuh; Ingo Molnar; Thomas > Gleixner; Mallick, Asit K; Tigran Aivazian; Andreas Herrmann; Borislav > Petkov; linux-kernel; x86 > Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/11] x86/microcode_core_early.c: Define > interfaces for early load ucode > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 01:13:26PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > I don't know what Borislav was suggesting with "BIOS overrides", is > > that another CPU-specific thing? > > Not CPU- but rather platform-specific. It is Thomas Renninger's > mechanism to override BIOS tables. That's ACPI override. I think the ACPI tables could be put in kernel/x86/acpi/. Thanks. -Fenghua -- 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/