From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Jan Beulich" Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/microcode: Synchronize late microcode loading Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2018 04:26:09 -0600 Message-ID: <5AD47A4102000078001BB966@prv1-mh.provo.novell.com> References: <1522393141-90344-1-git-send-email-chao.gao@intel.com> <5AD0D17D02000078001BB298@prv1-mh.provo.novell.com> <20180416062014.GA180591@skl-4s-chao.sh.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20180416062014.GA180591@skl-4s-chao.sh.intel.com> Content-Disposition: inline List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xenproject.org Sender: "Xen-devel" To: Chao Gao Cc: Andrew Cooper , Kevin Tian , Ashok Raj , Jun Nakajima , xen-devel@lists.xen.org List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Pj4+IE9uIDE2LjA0LjE4IGF0IDA4OjIwLCA8Y2hhby5nYW9AaW50ZWwuY29tPiB3cm90ZToKPiBP 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