Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 8 Aug 2013 19:49:06 +0200 | From | Borislav Petkov <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 3/5] x86, AMD: cleanup: merge common code in early microcode loading |
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On Wed, Aug 07, 2013 at 11:34:01PM +0000, Yu, Fenghua wrote: > > This check won't work when CPU0 is hot added. So we need to find a > > better way to fix this. > > > > Maybe need to change the check as follows to take care of CPU0 hot add case? > > if ((cpu && system_state == SYSTEM_BOOTING) || (system_state == SYSTEM_RUNNING)) > load_ucode_ap();
Ok, just for my own understanding - I haven't played with cpu hotadd yet so when you do this, is the hot-added socket containing the BSP not cpu 0 anymore?
Or when you hot-remove the socket containing the BSP, another AP becomes the BSP and preserves its old number?
Thanks.
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