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SubjectRe: [patch-2.3.46-p3] /proc/driver/microcode P6 ucode support
Tigran Aivazian writes:
> Hi Linus,
>
> Here is the implementation of your idea. I shouldn't have moaned at you -
> I thought it will be an hour of work but it was 5 minutes instead - the
> rest of the time was just testing.
>
> I still like the old /dev/microcode patch because it was autoloading
> on demand. With /proc/driver/microcode compiled as module one has to
> insmod it before running mcode utility.

Devfs gives you autoloading as well. Procfs doesn't.

<broken record>
The longer it takes for devfs to go into the kernel, the more people
will throw things into procfs, with all the problems that implies.
Hell, I did it myself with MTRR.
</broken record>

Regards,

Richard....
Permanent: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au
Current: rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca

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