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

To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/3] x86/microcode: support for microcode update in Xen dom0
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:00:50 +0200
Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>, Xen Devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>, the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@xxxxxxxxxx>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>, Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@xxxxxxxxxx>, Tigran Aivazian <tigran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 08:03:50PM -0400, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 10/12/2011 05:00 PM, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> >
> > Presumably we'd want some way to make all possible microcode files
> > available to the hypervisor/kernel so that there's no need to construct
> > the bootloader config for a specific CPU vendor (or worse, CPU model).
> > So that would need either some way of specifying multiple files, or a
> > wrapper which can contain multiple files?
> >
> 
> I have been thinking a "bundle" format with a per-vendor header followed 
> by the microcode in the appropriate format for each vendor.

Yes, makes sense. Keep it as simple as possible.

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