linux.git/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core_early.c, branch v3.10 Linux kernel source tree x86, microcode: Verify the family before dispatching microcode patching 2013-04-19T23:36:03+00:00 H. Peter Anvin hpa@linux.intel.com 2013-04-19T23:36:03+00:00 74c3e3fcf350b2e7e3eaf9550528ee3f74e44b37 For each CPU vendor that implements CPU microcode patching, there will be a minimum family for which this is implemented. Verify this minimum level of support. This can be done in the dispatch function or early in the application functions. Doing the latter turned out to be somewhat awkward because of the ineviable split between the BSP and the AP paths, and rather than pushing deep into the application functions, do this in the dispatch function. Reported-by: "Bryan O'Donoghue" <bryan.odonoghue.lkml@nexus-software.ie> Suggested-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1366392183-4149-1-git-send-email-bryan.odonoghue.lkml@nexus-software.ie 
For each CPU vendor that implements CPU microcode patching, there will
be a minimum family for which this is implemented.  Verify this
minimum level of support.

This can be done in the dispatch function or early in the application
functions.  Doing the latter turned out to be somewhat awkward because
of the ineviable split between the BSP and the AP paths, and rather
than pushing deep into the application functions, do this in
the dispatch function.

Reported-by: "Bryan O'Donoghue" <bryan.odonoghue.lkml@nexus-software.ie>
Suggested-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1366392183-4149-1-git-send-email-bryan.odonoghue.lkml@nexus-software.ie
x86/microcode_core_early.c: Define interfaces for early loading ucode 2013-01-31T21:19:12+00:00 Fenghua Yu fenghua.yu@intel.com 2012-12-21T07:44:25+00:00 a8ebf6d1d6971b90a20f5bd0465e6d520377e33b Define interfaces load_ucode_bsp() and load_ucode_ap() to load ucode on BSP and AP in early boot time. These are generic interfaces. Internally they call vendor specific implementations. Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1356075872-3054-6-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> 
Define interfaces load_ucode_bsp() and load_ucode_ap() to load ucode on BSP and
AP in early boot time. These are generic interfaces. Internally they call
vendor specific implementations.

Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1356075872-3054-6-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>