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From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
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Subject: Re: [Patch v3 Part2 1/9] x86/microcode: Taint kernel only if
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On Wed, Feb 01, 2023 at 02:19:43PM -0800, Ashok Raj wrote:
> I expected the change from apply_microcode() -> collect_cpu_info() to
> be straight forward..

I expect a lot of things things too but reality is completely different.

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    Boris.

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