Re: [PATCH v2] x86/microcode/intel: Extend BDW late-loading with LLC size check

[Borislav Petkov]

On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 12:11:58PM -0800, Luck, Tony wrote:
> I think so. The erratum (see below) says the problem only occurs
> on the large-cache SKUs.  So we only need to avoid the update if
> we are on a big cache SKU that is also running old microcode.

... and there's not a more reliable way to detect those like platform ID
or so? Because if for anywhere, this is where one *should* use platform
ID.

Or perhaps some other bit somewhere instead of this cache size thing?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply.