Re: [PATCH 04/11] x86/microcode_core_early.c: Define interfaces forearly load ucode

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Tue Aug 21 2012 - 16:49:23 EST


On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 01:13:26PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> I don't know what Borislav was suggesting with "BIOS overrides", is
> that another CPU-specific thing?

Not CPU- but rather platform-specific. It is Thomas Renninger's
mechanism to override BIOS tables.

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