Re: [PATCH 0/3] x86/microcode: support for microcode update in Xendom0

From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge
Date: Wed Oct 12 2011 - 19:40:54 EST


On 10/12/2011 03:49 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> The stickiest part of all of this is where to leave the microcode so
> the kernel can get to it way early. We could use the linked list, but
> that would mean bootloader enabling; another idea was to stick it as a
> prefix to the initramfs identified by a signature.

I think it would be easiest for the multiboot case if it were a separate
file, but I don't feel I'm really up on all the details.

J
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