Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:19:43 +0200 | From | Borislav Petkov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86, microcode: Make reload interface per system |
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On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 12:08:51PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Wed, 2012-06-20 at 11:56 +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote: > > sprintf(name, "intel-ucode/%02x-%02x-%02x", > > c->x86, c->x86_model, c->x86_mask); > > > > > > but but but, the ucode image actually contains stuff for multiple > things.. so I have to like rename it to match the actual cpu in the > machine? > > That seems rather daft.. > > awk 'BEGIN { FS=":" } /family/ {fam=$2} /model[^ ]/ {mod=$2} /stepping/ > {step=$2} END { printf "intel-ucode/%02x-%02x-%02x\n", fam, mod, > step }' /proc/cpuinfo > > Will get me the right filename, but surely that's not user-friendly at > all...
I know, right. Whose idea was it to do it like that I don't know. AFAICT, Intel delivers ucode as a single blob too, so why split it? The driver picks out the right blob anyway.
But there was a script somewhere which did that automatically. Henrique will know more about how this is handled.
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