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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/3] x86/microcode: support for microcode update

To: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/3] x86/microcode: support for microcode update in Xen dom0
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:18:15 -0700
Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>, Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@xxxxxxxxxx>, the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@xxxxxxxxxx>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Xen Devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Tigran Aivazian <tigran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On 10/12/2011 03:16 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> 
> Why would a xen microcode solution would even be contingent on how
> upstream Linux solves it (and when)?
> 

Agreed... especially since Xen is "special" when it comes to booting anyway.

        -hpa

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