[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/2] microcode: Scan the initramfs payload for microcode blob.
>>> On 25.09.13 at 18:43, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > "? Yes, that reads much better. Jan _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel
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