Re: [PATCH V3 4/4] microcode/x86/amd: early microcode patch loadingsupport for AMD

From: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Date: Fri May 31 2013 - 00:27:18 EST


On Thu, 30 May 2013, Jacob Shin wrote:
> mkdir initrd
> cd initrd
> -mkdir kernel
> -mkdir kernel/x86
> -mkdir kernel/x86/microcode
> -cp ../microcode.bin kernel/x86/microcode/GenuineIntel.bin
> -find .|cpio -oc >../ucode.cpio
> +mkdir -p kernel/x86/microcode
> +cp ../microcode.bin kernel/x86/microcode/GenuineIntel.bin (or AuthenticAMD.bin)

Can I just
'cat /lib/firmware/amd-ucode/*bin >kernel/x86/microcode/AuthenticAMD.bin'
to get a valid microcode container for all amd processors?

The answer for Intel is "yes". I sure hope it is the same for AMD...

--
"One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
Henrique Holschuh
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