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Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 00:22:44 -0700
From: "Raj, Ashok" <ashok.raj@intel.com>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
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Cc: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
Subject: Re: 4.15.17 regression: bisected: timeout during microcode update
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On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 07:35:31AM +0200, Vitezslav Samel wrote:
> > - Can you remove your builtin microcode, 
> > - rename the /lib/firmware/intel-ucode so we don't find it during late loading. 
> > - let the system boot completely
> > - then rename the intel-ucode back for this test.
> > - write 1 to reload and see if that update succeeds or fails?
> 
>   Just tested, it fails.
> 
I haven't tested under slackware.. i'll have someone test this and keep you posted.