From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Linux regressions mailing list <regressions@lists.linux.dev>
Cc: lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com, dave.hansen@linux.intel.com,
hpa@zytor.com, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com,
tglx@linutronix.de, x86@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [regression] microcode files missing in initramfs imgages from dracut (was Re: [PATCH] x86: Clean up remaining references to CONFIG_MICROCODE_AMD)
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 12:58:26 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231122115826.GAZV3s4krKXI002KQ0@fat_crate.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0e9cbe6f-ac6c-47f2-b663-a22568799eca@leemhuis.info>
On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 10:15:42AM +0100, Linux regression tracking (Thorsten Leemhuis) wrote:
> [1] unless you fiddle with things obviously internal; not sure if this
> case would qualify for him, but somehow I doubt it -- but I might be
> wrong there.
Well, think about it - by that logic, if CONFIG_* items are an ABI, we
will never ever be able to change any of them. Now that would be awful.
> Any progress on this?
We're thinking...
We might need an official scheme of stating what any given kernel image
supports for use by external tools which need it.
> BTW: I see that this could help preventing problems like the current one
> to happen in the far future. But how would that help the current
> situation (e.g. users that have an old dracut and updated the kernel
> without updating dracut)?
Update dracut too?
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette
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[not found] <20230825141226.13566-1-lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
2023-11-12 15:03 ` [regression] microcode files missing in initramfs imgages from dracut (was Re: [PATCH] x86: Clean up remaining references to CONFIG_MICROCODE_AMD) Linux regression tracking (Thorsten Leemhuis)
2023-11-12 18:10 ` Borislav Petkov
2023-11-22 9:15 ` Linux regression tracking (Thorsten Leemhuis)
2023-11-22 11:58 ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2023-11-22 13:24 ` [PATCH] x86: Add a "x86" ELF note namespace Borislav Petkov
2023-11-22 14:07 ` Borislav Petkov
2023-11-22 15:34 ` [regression] microcode files missing in initramfs imgages from dracut (was Re: [PATCH] x86: Clean up remaining references to CONFIG_MICROCODE_AMD) Linux regression tracking (Thorsten Leemhuis)
2023-11-22 15:57 ` Borislav Petkov
2023-11-22 20:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2023-11-22 20:51 ` Borislav Petkov
2023-11-22 21:08 ` Linus Torvalds
2023-11-22 21:35 ` Borislav Petkov
2023-11-23 11:20 ` Borislav Petkov
2023-11-24 8:49 ` Antonio Feijoo
2023-11-24 12:15 ` Borislav Petkov
2023-11-24 13:15 ` Antonio Feijoo
2023-11-24 13:33 ` Borislav Petkov
2023-11-28 13:17 ` Borislav Petkov
2023-11-22 13:45 ` Lukas Bulwahn
2023-11-23 4:07 ` Linux regression tracking #update (Thorsten Leemhuis)
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