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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] x86, microcode: Make reload interface per system
    On Thu, 21 Jun 2012, Borislav Petkov wrote:
    > Which means that
    >
    > static enum ucode_state request_microcode_fw(int cpu, struct device *device)
    > {
    > char name[30];
    >
    > ...
    >
    > sprintf(name, "intel-ucode/%02x-%02x-%02x",
    > c->x86, c->x86_model, c->x86_mask);
    >
    > needs to be changed to the name of the microcode blob you guys use for
    > distributing and we can drop the OLD INTERFACE and there'll be no need
    > for userspace tools doing anything with the ucode patches.

    Only if Intel will stop distributing that text crap and distribute the
    binary microcode already.

    --
    "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
    them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
    where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
    Henrique Holschuh


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