Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751925Ab2JBEj7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Oct 2012 00:39:59 -0400 Received: from mail.skyhub.de ([78.46.96.112]:56988 "EHLO mail.skyhub.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750820Ab2JBEj6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 2 Oct 2012 00:39:58 -0400 Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 06:39:54 +0200 From: Borislav Petkov To: Jamie Gloudon Cc: fenghua.yu@intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/11] x86/microcode: Early load microcode Message-ID: <20121002043954.GA27331@liondog.tnic> Mail-Followup-To: Borislav Petkov , Jamie Gloudon , fenghua.yu@intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20121001161151.GA2640@darkstar> <20121001162745.GD23181@x1.osrc.amd.com> <20121001233704.GA1344@darkstar> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20121001233704.GA1344@darkstar> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1319 Lines: 40 On Mon, Oct 01, 2012 at 07:37:04PM -0400, Jamie Gloudon wrote: > On Mon, Oct 01, 2012 at 06:27:45PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 01, 2012 at 12:11:51PM -0400, Jamie Gloudon wrote: > > > Hey, > > > > > > Any chance of this getting merge for the 3.7 cycle? > > > > It is not ready yet: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=134910582107898 > > > > Out of curiosity: why do you nee it? > > > Seems like a better alternative to microcode_ctl which some distros don't > contain. [ Let me reorganize the mail chain as it should be, without top-posting. Please try not to top-post: http://curl.haxx.se/mail/etiquette.html#Do_Not_Top_Post ] Well, if you want to reload your microcode, you shouldn't be needing microcode_ctl (I believe this should be the case too on Intel, from staring at the code - on AMD it works). Basically, you simply put the microcode binaries into /lib/firmware/{amd,intel}-ucode/ and then do as root: $ echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/microcode/reload That's it, no need for special tools. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. -- 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/