From: Fenghua Yu Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 07:44:28 +0000 (-0800) Subject: x86/microcode_intel_early.c: Early update ucode on Intel's CPU X-Git-Tag: v3.9-rc1~105^2~4 X-Git-Url: http://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ec400ddeff200b068ddc6c70f7321f49ecf32ed5;p=pandora-kernel.git x86/microcode_intel_early.c: Early update ucode on Intel's CPU Implementation of early update ucode on Intel's CPU. load_ucode_intel_bsp() scans ucode in initrd image file which is a cpio format ucode followed by ordinary initrd image file. The binary ucode file is stored in kernel/x86/microcode/GenuineIntel.bin in the cpio data. All ucode patches with the same model as BSP are saved in memory. A matching ucode patch is updated on BSP. load_ucode_intel_ap() reads saved ucoded patches and updates ucode on AP. Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1356075872-3054-9-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin --- Reading git-diff-tree failed