Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/2] microcode: Scan the initramfs payload for microcode blob.

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 05:02:01PM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote:
> >>> On 25.09.13 at 17:29, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx> 
> >>> wrote:
> > @@ -910,6 +912,12 @@ when used with xen.efi (there the concept of modules 
> > doesn't exist, and
> >  the blob gets specified via the `ucode=<filename>` config file/section
> >  entry; see [EFI configuration file description](efi.html)).
> >  
> > +'scan' instructs the hypervisor to scan the multiboot images for an cpio
> > +image that contains microcode. Depending on the platform the format of
> > +the microcode blobs must be:
> > +  - on Intel: kernel/x86/microcode/GenuineIntel.bin
> > +  - on AMD  : kernel/x86/microcode/AuthenticAMD.bin
> 
> What are these referring to? They look like path names, but
> without knowing relative to what they are this is confusing
> things, not clarifying them.

Perhaps:

".. Depending on the platform the blob with the microcode
in the cpio name space must be:
  - on Intel: kernel/x86/microcode/GenuineIntel.bin
  - on AMD  : kernel/x86/microcode/AuthenticAMD.bin
"?
> 
> Jan
> 

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