Re: early microcode: how to disable at runtime?

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Mon, 01 Sep 2014, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 08/31/2014 10:13 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 05:11:26PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> >>> Probably more like something more like arch/x86/boot/cmdline.c.  Maybe
> >>> we could even make it sharable.
> >>
> >> Looks like that would work, yes.
> > 
> > Guys, guys, please relax and check the code first: "dis_ucode_ldr".
> > 
> 
> Yeah.  It is an absolutely horrific option name (something like
> "noearlyucode" would have been so much nicer; we generally use the no-
> prefix and no underscores) but I should have objected to that one much
> sooner.

It wasn't properly documented, it is obscure as all heck, and early
microcode updates active by default is a very recent development on distros.

You cannot even find "dis_ucode_ldr" being cited by anyone through google
searches.

I believe it is actually possible to fix this still: either by directly
renaming, or by using a deprecation period and testing for a new name and
the "dis_ucode_ldr" name.

-- 
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  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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