Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:28:24 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86, microcode: Make reload interface per system |
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On 06/21/2012 02:58 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 10:24:35AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote: >> This thing is not installed on my machine, nor would I have know >> to look for it. Nor does apt-cache search iucode_tool suggest any >> package. >> >> IOW fail. > > FWIW, if we agree that we need a userspace tool for massaging Intel's > ucode, it should be in tools/ and it should be very easy to install even > on a distro which doesn't distribute it. > > Emphasis on the initial "if", of course. > > I'd very much prefer tool-less ucode application. >
We're working on fixing that, however, we want to close on the early ucode stuff and have it work first before we make any changes.
-hpa
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