From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84C09C33CA9 for ; Mon, 13 Jan 2020 20:30:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 520AC21556 for ; Mon, 13 Jan 2020 20:30:17 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="nL46GAVt" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726494AbgAMUaQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Jan 2020 15:30:16 -0500 Received: from mail-ed1-f53.google.com ([209.85.208.53]:33982 "EHLO mail-ed1-f53.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726488AbgAMUaQ (ORCPT ); Mon, 13 Jan 2020 15:30:16 -0500 Received: by mail-ed1-f53.google.com with SMTP id l8so9778444edw.1; Mon, 13 Jan 2020 12:30:15 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=y4sfoniwMt9T4FiSeYM4bsL8cfJwjPsCGqccD51JtpA=; b=nL46GAVtjSmtZ8xePpnFZINToDH3tlVTOwHkrcGWgriTapFPkhnQMabvHVXJcu4/i+ chH95kEmxhKOfaOk0IGYO/YCLAIND8B/PnNg/N5NIHCFYE8oRvan1DTXcyv7pHoVWbMt JnG04h9ZWrjms73Mx+qj2OqlteR39jku+QyJ9XlyAHLTxAYxuwF07ebIb1fWvCadgcLt PcKDndpdg0xPyhmGI5GhSlPHwpVBmwElJfFr34byiLrv5aOMMyurpzNkxuNQK6OsaZ6O OGdQZrec+OJFUdKw7iTrOHrW32AgEfOrSECccPhEzgZFfsy3dm6u8N07J2FlmG11i5ba frfw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=y4sfoniwMt9T4FiSeYM4bsL8cfJwjPsCGqccD51JtpA=; b=OKv7ghtIAZikVVvF/6KZc1Te1WC2Yz2kkSL9FXADeFVrJAhsQhOtLSdNnlwK6H1DfM 6ldTeIRSf6uX4nvgZgL6rZEzhgYg1V7Jkvoe5rz8MwT19LVNlkRmJO3PXHhamggLi9B4 5sWdahlIGtEvqUM4uB8NPPJvYVWEGMiDlI07VdDY7fA59BAFRQdh+ICybKGFRa32tSxW 6MJI4LJcooyAmtT+a/WLFsfMMlzlwnwLizCRoaxpkyjaRwLbzfWDNYeFFP/53EYNbrEz XyadUnEka11VHNKmTdF8aZj/Pdk9gkm9wsO56y70bPTBzz68dODR4JoGrMiiTVUjlydW rPdA== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAVtdCePZ1lmEifA9iBrv7iJQhT+ojnTe0tj/NafEO4800M0aV52 R/xDznFrdpl5VeG/RDcp0Ohs13K34a3VDP4gTG8= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqz9/JaxDYLS7qf9ai/vBBO77c5WjJfn1LFXo5DOAhceZ8y1KH6605evQXQgZCq8BjUSknUEMAmHEEL95mYNIBs= X-Received: by 2002:a50:d69a:: with SMTP id r26mr19358575edi.148.1578947414160; Mon, 13 Jan 2020 12:30:14 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:a05:6402:1c11:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Mon, 13 Jan 2020 12:30:13 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20200113200832.GR13310@zn.tnic> References: <20200113154739.GB11244@42.do-not-panic.com> <20200113200832.GR13310@zn.tnic> From: Jari Ruusu Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 22:30:13 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Fix built-in early-load Intel microcode alignment To: Borislav Petkov Cc: Luis Chamberlain , Fenghua Yu , Linus Torvalds , johannes.berg@intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org On 1/13/20, Borislav Petkov wrote: > Btw, just out of curiosity: why are you using built-in microcode and not > the initrd method? Initrd method is better when it is a kernel intended to be booted on many different computers. Built-in microcode method kernel is tuned for one computer only. It is less hassle that way. -- Jari Ruusu 4096R/8132F189 12D6 4C3A DCDA 0AA4 27BD ACDF F073 3C80 8132 F189