Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Fri, 20 Nov 2015 08:19:20 +0100 | From | Markus Trippelsdorf <> | Subject | Re: x86/microcode update on systems without INITRD |
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On 2015.11.19 at 23:58 +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 10:55:43PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 10:43:01PM +0100, Markus Trippelsdorf wrote: > > > It looks like the ability to update x86/microcode without using an > > > initrd was removed this merge window. > > > > Whoops, that shouldnt've happened. Will debug it tomorrow and provide a > > fix. > > Anyway, the hunk below seems to work in my guest here, I'll run it > on the rest of the boxes tomorrow. In case you want to give it a try > before:
Your patch works fine. Thanks. But of course it needs this additional patch, otherwise the microcode loader wouldn't build at all:
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index db3622f22b61..52c6964e24bd 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -1126,7 +1126,6 @@ config MICROCODE bool "CPU microcode loading support" default y depends on CPU_SUP_AMD || CPU_SUP_INTEL - depends on BLK_DEV_INITRD select FW_LOADER ---help--- -- Markus
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