lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2016]   [Jan]   [8]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
From
SubjectRe: x86/microcode update on systems without INITRD
Date
Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> writes:

> On Fri, Jan 08, 2016 at 01:16:01PM +0100, Markus Trippelsdorf wrote:
>> But you take the choice away from people like me, who don't need initrd
>> at all. BLK_DEV_INITRD is a superfluous dependency in this case, because
>> microcode update works perfectly well without it.
>
> Damn, you have a valid point too. I need to think about it...
>
> ... well, the only thing I can think of right now is to remove the
> dependency on BLK_DEV_INITRD completely - I believe this is what you
> proposed initially Markus - and add a BIG FAT SUGGESTION to Kconfig
> saying that people should strive for enabling early microcode loading if
> possible.

That seems perfectly reasonable to me.

--
Måns Rullgård

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2016-01-08 14:01    [W:0.110 / U:1.136 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site