Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 20 Jun 2012 16:27:58 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86, microcode: Make reload interface per system |
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On 06/20/2012 04:23 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 04:10:18PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> I'm wondering about the new format... it seems to potentially make it >> harder to do the proper retaining of compatible CPU microcodes. > > .. and if you don't split the blob, you have all the ucode patches in > one package. So are there any advantages in splitting the single blob? >
Not that I know of. IMO the driver can, and should, be the one doing the pruning.
-hpa
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