Merge branch 'x86-microcode-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull x86 microcode updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "The biggest change in this cycle was the separation of the microcode
  loading mechanism from the initrd code plus the support of built-in
  microcode images.

  There were also lots cleanups and general restructuring (by Borislav
  Petkov)"

* 'x86-microcode-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (24 commits)
  x86/microcode/intel: Drop orig_sum from ext signature checksum
  x86/microcode/intel: Improve microcode sanity-checking error messages
  x86/microcode/intel: Merge two consecutive if-statements
  x86/microcode/intel: Get rid of DWSIZE
  x86/microcode/intel: Change checksum variables to u32
  x86/microcode: Use kmemdup() rather than duplicating its implementation
  x86/microcode: Remove unnecessary paravirt_enabled check
  x86/microcode: Document builtin microcode loading method
  x86/microcode/AMD: Issue microcode updated message later
  x86/microcode/intel: Cleanup get_matching_model_microcode()
  x86/microcode/intel: Remove unused arg of get_matching_model_microcode()
  x86/microcode/intel: Rename mc_saved_in_initrd
  x86/microcode/intel: Use *wrmsrl variants
  x86/microcode/intel: Cleanup apply_microcode_intel()
  x86/microcode/intel: Move the BUG_ON up and turn it into WARN_ON
  x86/microcode/intel: Rename mc_intel variable to mc
  x86/microcode/intel: Rename mc_saved_count to num_saved
  x86/microcode/intel: Rename local variables of type struct mc_saved_data
  x86/microcode/AMD: Drop redundant printk prefix
  x86/microcode: Issue update message only once
  ...

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diff --git a/Documentation/x86/early-microcode.txt b/Documentation/x86/early-microcode.txt
index d62bea6796da..c956d99cf1de 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/early-microcode.txt
+++ b/Documentation/x86/early-microcode.txt
@@ -40,3 +40,28 @@ cp ../microcode.bin kernel/x86/microcode/GenuineIntel.bin (or AuthenticAMD.bin)
 find . | cpio -o -H newc >../ucode.cpio
 cd ..
 cat ucode.cpio /boot/initrd-3.5.0.img >/boot/initrd-3.5.0.ucode.img
+
+Builtin microcode
+=================
+
+We can also load builtin microcode supplied through the regular firmware
+builtin method CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL. Here's an example:
+
+CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y
+CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="intel-ucode/06-3a-09 amd-ucode/microcode_amd_fam15h.bin"
+CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware"
+
+This basically means, you have the following tree structure locally:
+
+/lib/firmware/
+|-- amd-ucode
+...
+|   |-- microcode_amd_fam15h.bin
+...
+|-- intel-ucode
+...
+|   |-- 06-3a-09
+...
+
+so that the build system can find those files and integrate them into
+the final kernel image. The early loader finds them and applies them.