From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756431AbaISLaF (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:30:05 -0400 Received: from mail.skyhub.de ([78.46.96.112]:60123 "EHLO mail.skyhub.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755660AbaISLaD (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Sep 2014 07:30:03 -0400 Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 13:29:53 +0200 From: Borislav Petkov To: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh Cc: Andy Lutomirski , Chuck Ebbert , "H. Peter Anvin" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: x86, microcode: BUG: microcode update that changes x86_capability Message-ID: <20140919112953.GA3256@nazgul.tnic> References: <20140918135202.GA26038@khazad-dum.debian.net> <541B2F33.8000002@amacapital.net> <20140918145328.0253f009@as> <9c84cde6-3d70-4337-8738-0283d06d8cf0@email.android.com> <20140918200659.GA5331@khazad-dum.debian.net> <20140919001311.GB5331@khazad-dum.debian.net> <20140919110014.GC29639@khazad-dum.debian.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140919110014.GC29639@khazad-dum.debian.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 08:00:15AM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > We're also killing microcode update support outside of the initramfs in > Debian. It has become obvious that anything other than the early initramfs > method of microcode updates should be considered a developer thing. That's simply not true: long-running systems which you can't reboot for whatever reason will need the late microcode update. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. --