From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.alien8.de (mail.alien8.de [65.109.113.108]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 824762EB5B9 for ; Tue, 12 Aug 2025 10:24:02 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=65.109.113.108 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1754994245; cv=none; b=SiQbO+lO4fvWrll22w8CEwZUk175FIeKUNbdaABMFui/xmWHtdhevB2a9yJTQ0itJmWg68eG5aU0PJc6X89aaId8w3ngI0YEqJr0xf9dQ5PjS/H6Nq0lYOpRTGDhGmSu3GuQcidv56tY4cPjePVUEDkwz8uFR86HTgD8xYaicNQ= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1754994245; c=relaxed/simple; bh=zSJ40RXAmKTcI19Q94kFvJsysoSHEY17Q9sK1BZeuVo=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=evTC8rLhDCs6gw2Xb/fipLuZU7oY6CM/AmW3Xj8hpj994FaQ+lQAZaABG2EG2u/sq06pefHhJSOY6xBYIm24kLkAn9ME7Rye5+2J29w1BB30JXR15+nruEFzpNorF4VMOJ+CQW6WpMvod9sIr9HwZxBNraRJg8oh97UjN6Ea3GU= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=alien8.de; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=alien8.de; dkim=pass (4096-bit key) header.d=alien8.de header.i=@alien8.de header.b=XrVc2w+J; arc=none smtp.client-ip=65.109.113.108 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=alien8.de Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=alien8.de Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (4096-bit key) header.d=alien8.de header.i=@alien8.de header.b="XrVc2w+J" Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.alien8.de (SuperMail on ZX Spectrum 128k) with ESMTP id 65DD740E0265; Tue, 12 Aug 2025 10:24:00 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mail.alien8.de Authentication-Results: mail.alien8.de (amavisd-new); dkim=pass (4096-bit key) header.d=alien8.de Received: from mail.alien8.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.alien8.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id LBUXfSnqUInG; Tue, 12 Aug 2025 10:23:57 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alien8.de; s=alien8; t=1754994236; bh=KzavHqS3KXQ+1IMv9YmxUoM0tMLWRITTHBxtcukD+QA=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=XrVc2w+JMCmOOiT2gCYT4exUoXOMlsUTXCC35z+Z4bACA5deDNi6VeoYKmQGKtQSy 6hthA0Y7eSdGK8H9lE3RFv8PrU5ARqvls+VzxR36o1XA+LIU87WSFT8bURIh5jw6WI QDhoZ2/OiIthuPbYQRrsA3nZwDvV465k4jIpfedIYvZoeeVzQ96l6CGKSA0/ujrcj/ 9fRHPfoOEzqOvUb7w9b0wNxjjnkzjsQH+snZCaBnNZXyXonF1mSoLao1Lw+KyR0vyw qgygd1zcff4OJbdAa4LiLARXPGDOUSQNEa3nTznTKmgmEFPYcZzecUw4QaM/8dLr2Q a9UEndL9fNrxXlKCh/U4NhisdSmBG2DR5bAGo5cnDiPG2Vc2N8qN2pGVGbSlue6BdW 422gOo2pH9o0kCM+eohz54Lb1iHXyH3j1ii0ska+RRUfUcT/VQE2EySuI9jcNrtqKl ieMON3HxjnxV50MjNl935CMckr8qz11diEOnYzNhdZ64dF99fNrjeuTtn6g/xuq1ZJ ZcPY0RZZCtTIjKwzXCHCbWrnOLHE/nAJ6ZOq0F0Cjjyj8faE5bs0oDKX8L65vQSjuZ eSnzdakCDVTN12fMoi+uNJxoX/M8NgkYrFpHWtlak0R3zf8iVH65RjylHClTgHSrKC 3fA6+lNe+I2YEP1qgTDN1D4E= Received: from zn.tnic (pd953092e.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [217.83.9.46]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature ECDSA (P-256) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mail.alien8.de (SuperMail on ZX Spectrum 128k) with ESMTPSA id BA9F640E022E; Tue, 12 Aug 2025 10:23:52 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 12:23:45 +0200 From: Borislav Petkov To: Sohil Mehta Cc: Borislav Petkov , X86 ML , LKML Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/microcode: Add microcode= cmdline parsing Message-ID: <20250812102345.GAaJsWMTNvC2ULKtep@fat_crate.local> References: <20250809094206.28028-1-bp@kernel.org> <20250809094206.28028-2-bp@kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 07:26:59PM -0700, Sohil Mehta wrote: > How about adding something like this to encourage using the new options: > > > @@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ > > - dis_ucode_ldr [X86] Disable the microcode loader. > + dis_ucode_ldr [X86] Same as microcode=disable_loader. > > > @@ -3770,6 +3770,9 @@ > > + disable_loader > + Disable the microcode loader. Because adding a new alias of a cmdline parameter doesn't belong in the same patch. And if anything, that thing should be microcode=off to save me some silly typing. > Unnecessary whitespace added before tab. Pff. > Setting this to "false" is redundant. Fixed. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette