From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932796AbaIEOXb (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Sep 2014 10:23:31 -0400 Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:51099 "EHLO out1-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932614AbaIEOX3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Sep 2014 10:23:29 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: MAEA11t/Dv4P6So1BG+3pK1FWYMg/kl73OYeOpUcqWww 1409927008 Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 11:23:16 -0300 From: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh To: Borislav Petkov Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" , Fenghua Yu , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: early microcode: how to disable at runtime? Message-ID: <20140905142316.GC1511@khazad-dum.debian.net> References: <20140901174322.GA15533@khazad-dum.debian.net> <20140901195921.GA18675@khazad-dum.debian.net> <20140902063354.GA32105@nazgul.tnic> <20140902131651.GA10691@khazad-dum.debian.net> <20140903064015.GA3941@nazgul.tnic> <20140903124302.GA18507@khazad-dum.debian.net> <20140904154246.GA10884@nazgul.tnic> <20140904174509.GB26007@khazad-dum.debian.net> <20140905085000.GA11432@nazgul.tnic> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140905085000.GA11432@nazgul.tnic> X-GPG-Fingerprint1: 4096R/39CB4807 C467 A717 507B BAFE D3C1 6092 0BD9 E811 39CB 4807 X-GPG-Fingerprint2: 1024D/1CDB0FE3 5422 5C61 F6B7 06FB 7E04 3738 EE25 DE3F 1CDB 0FE3 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 05 Sep 2014, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Thu, Sep 04, 2014 at 02:45:10PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > > Can we get it backported to -stable, please (3.10 and later)? > > I don't see how stable rules apply here. It would be better if this functionality was generally available where early microcode loading is supported. As far as stable/longterm kernel.org kernels are concerned, I believe that'd be 3.10, 3.12 and 3.14. But it is no big deal as far as I'm concerned. -- "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