Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] x86/microcode: Support builtin CPU microcode

[Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

On 12.12.2019 23:17, Eslam Elnikety wrote:
> On the "newest of everything": That's not what I intend to propose. The 
> microcode provided via a scan (or <integer> for that matter) will always 
> override the builtin microcode. The common case would be that the 
> microcode provided via a scan (or <integer>) is newer than the builtin. 
> Yet, an administrator will have the option, if needed, to use an older 
> microcode via a scan (or <integer>) to override a newer builtin microcode.

That's a fair enough model, but it wants spelling out in the patch
description.

Jan

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