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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org,
	herrmann.der.user@googlemail.com, ming.lei@canonical.com,
	tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Improve firmware loading times on AMD and Intel
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 15:58:01 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87eh7fturq.fsf@tassilo.jf.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1382304926-1641-1-git-send-email-prarit@redhat.com> (Prarit Bhargava's message of "Sun, 20 Oct 2013 17:35:24 -0400")

Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com> writes:
>
> Using request_firmware_nowait() seems more appropriate here and then we
> can avoid these delays, resulting in very quick load times for the
> microcode.

It would  be probably also good to remember if the loading failed for a 
given CPU and then don't try it on any other.

Just need to cache the exact stepping too to handle different steppings.

-Andi

-- 
ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only

      parent reply	other threads:[~2013-10-20 22:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-10-20 21:35 [PATCH 0/2] Improve firmware loading times on AMD and Intel Prarit Bhargava
2013-10-20 21:35 ` [PATCH 1/2] firmware, fix request_firmware_nowait() freeze with no uevent Prarit Bhargava
2013-10-21 12:24   ` Ming Lei
2013-10-21 22:24     ` Prarit Bhargava
2013-10-22  2:35       ` Ming Lei
2013-10-22 23:15         ` Prarit Bhargava
2013-10-23  4:16           ` Ming Lei
2013-10-23 10:36             ` Prarit Bhargava
2013-10-23 12:02               ` Prarit Bhargava
2013-10-23 13:21                 ` Ming Lei
2013-10-23 14:08                   ` Prarit Bhargava
2013-10-24  1:54                     ` Ming Lei
2013-10-24 11:17                 ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2013-10-24 12:05                   ` Prarit Bhargava
2013-10-20 21:35 ` [PATCH 2/2] intel_microcode, Fix long microcode load time when firmware file is missing Prarit Bhargava
2013-10-21 12:20   ` Ming Lei
2013-10-21 12:26     ` Prarit Bhargava
2013-10-21 12:32       ` Ming Lei
2013-10-21 14:25         ` Prarit Bhargava
2013-10-22  2:43           ` Ming Lei
2013-10-22 23:16             ` Prarit Bhargava
2013-10-20 22:58 ` Andi Kleen [this message]

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