lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2012]   [Jun]   [19]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86, microcode: Make reload interface per system
On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 10:17:44AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-06-19 at 07:11 +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > $ rmmod microcode; modprobe microcode
> >
> > but then the same guys come :-) and say they don't want to reload
> > modules for security reasons.
>
> Nah, they built their kernel without modules, much more secure!

Not secure enough - they don't get microcode then (ucode loader uses
request_firmware()) and has to be module for the initial load, at least.

But I haven't tested what happens when it is built in and I use the
reload interface, hehe something to play with today.

--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

Advanced Micro Devices GmbH
Einsteinring 24, 85609 Dornach
GM: Alberto Bozzo
Reg: Dornach, Landkreis Muenchen
HRB Nr. 43632 WEEE Registernr: 129 19551


\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2012-06-19 13:01    [W:0.170 / U:0.048 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site