Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 13 Jun 2012 06:59:47 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | 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
-- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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