Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:52:33 -0800 | From | Jeremy Fitzhardinge <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86/microcode: support for microcode update in Xen dom0 |
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On 01/31/2011 05:11 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Note: Xen may not have devices, but it is already using multiboot to > load multiple modules. It could load the microcode blob that way. > > That would enable an earlier loading of microcode, which is a very > good thing.
Yes, that is a thought, but it would require some distro support to make sure the firmware is copied into /boot, and grub updated appropriately.
The principle advantage of updating the microcode driver is that it Just Works regardless of whether the system is booting native or Xen.
J
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