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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-03-15 10:39:22 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-03-15 10:39:22 -0700
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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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@@ -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.