Re: [PATCH] x86/microcode: Do not select FW_LOADER

From: Luis Chamberlain
Date: Wed Jun 10 2020 - 09:12:17 EST


On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 10:16:09AM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
>
> Also, I'm working on removing that homegrown get_builtin_firmware() and
> use the one in the fw loader:
>
> https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200408094526.GC24663@xxxxxxx

I would like to still encourage this, even with this patch in place,
as I think it makes this a proper call, and reflects better how the
firmware loader is used exactly.

FWIW, firmware loader will be changed soon to not be modular, and just
built-in or disabled.

Luis