From: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@hmh.eng.br>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@amd64.org>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, x86 <x86@kernel.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@amd.com>,
Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@sgi.com>,
Dmitry Adamushko <dmitry.adamushko@gmail.com>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>,
"Yu, Fenghua" <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, microcode: Make reload interface per system
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 20:46:51 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120620234651.GD4223@khazad-dum.debian.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4FE0DF9F.10401@zytor.com>
On Tue, 19 Jun 2012, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 06/19/2012 11:22 AM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> > Even if we have the very early microcode facility, we *still* want the
> > runtime one based on sysfs+request_firmware in order to update microcode
> > without the need for a reboot.
>
> I am slightly questioning the clause "based on sysfs+request_firmware"
> in the above sentence, but again, not a huge deal either way.
Well, it makes the kernel tell us what (amd/intel/whatever) firmware it
wants, and requires (after patching) a simple echo 1 >foo to activate. It
is also harmless if activated without updated firmware in place.
/dev/cpu/microcode requires special software (or a dd with bs>=file size),
since it borks if userspace breaks a microcode into two write() syscalls,
and requires detection of the cpu vendor. Very annoying.
--
"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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-06-20 23:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 107+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-06-07 7:15 [PATCH] perf/x86: check ucode before disabling PEBS on SandyBridge Stephane Eranian
2012-06-07 10:18 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-07 10:35 ` Stephane Eranian
2012-06-07 10:45 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-07 10:48 ` Stephane Eranian
2012-06-07 11:15 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 9:35 ` Ingo Molnar
2012-06-08 10:00 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 10:03 ` Stephane Eranian
2012-06-08 13:26 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 13:51 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-08 13:54 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 14:15 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-08 14:20 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 14:36 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-08 14:45 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 15:09 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-08 13:56 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 14:03 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-08 13:59 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 14:03 ` Stephane Eranian
2012-06-08 14:17 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-08 16:02 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-08 21:02 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-08 21:16 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-08 14:07 ` Stephane Eranian
2012-06-08 14:13 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 14:19 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-08 14:23 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 14:26 ` Stephane Eranian
2012-06-08 14:25 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 14:26 ` Stephane Eranian
2012-06-12 8:14 ` Stephane Eranian
2012-06-08 16:28 ` Stephane Eranian
2012-06-08 18:49 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 16:50 ` Andi Kleen
2012-06-08 18:05 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-08 18:52 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-08 20:38 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-12 17:07 ` Robert Richter
2012-06-12 17:09 ` Stephane Eranian
2012-06-12 17:13 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-12 17:17 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-12 17:18 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-12 17:23 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-12 17:26 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-12 17:35 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-12 17:40 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-12 18:04 ` Andi Kleen
2012-06-12 20:10 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-13 1:04 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-13 6:51 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-13 12:36 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-13 16:11 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-13 21:41 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-15 12:37 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-15 12:42 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-15 12:52 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-15 16:52 ` [PATCH] x86, microcode: Make reload interface per system Borislav Petkov
2012-06-15 17:16 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-15 17:49 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-19 2:46 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-19 3:31 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-19 5:11 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-19 8:17 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-19 10:22 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-19 10:26 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-19 15:06 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-19 15:57 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-19 18:22 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-19 20:22 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-20 23:46 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh [this message]
2012-06-20 23:49 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-21 0:06 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-21 0:18 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-21 2:33 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-19 5:03 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-19 18:57 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-19 22:19 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-19 2:42 ` [PATCH] perf/x86: check ucode before disabling PEBS on SandyBridge Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-12 17:23 ` Robert Richter
2012-06-12 17:15 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-07 13:28 ` Andi Kleen
2012-06-07 13:27 ` Andi Kleen
2012-06-12 18:35 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-12 19:07 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-12 19:33 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-12 19:35 ` Andi Kleen
2012-06-12 19:49 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-12 20:28 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-12 20:37 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-12 20:42 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-12 20:56 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-12 20:58 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-12 21:04 ` Borislav Petkov
2012-06-13 8:38 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-13 14:00 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-13 15:37 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-13 15:46 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-13 12:39 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-13 13:22 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-13 14:01 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2012-06-13 8:32 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-13 13:59 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-13 15:32 ` Peter Zijlstra
2012-06-13 15:38 ` H. Peter Anvin
2012-06-12 20:27 ` H. Peter Anvin
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