Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86, microcode: Make reload interface per system

[Borislav Petkov]

On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 10:24:35AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> This thing is not installed on my machine, nor would I have know
> to look for it. Nor does apt-cache search iucode_tool suggest any
> package.
>
> IOW fail.

FWIW, if we agree that we need a userspace tool for massaging Intel's
ucode, it should be in tools/ and it should be very easy to install even
on a distro which doesn't distribute it.

Emphasis on the initial "if", of course.

I'd very much prefer tool-less ucode application.

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