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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2025-09-30 12:41:10 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2025-09-30 12:41:10 -0700
commitbd91417a962db247d41a22720a79e68a509a9353 (patch)
tree6a6de0d88ef4a4fa5e0cce09749fafe0453d10be /Documentation/admin-guide
parent45d96dd2c62899ff8a3f07e3b8109656062b457a (diff)
parent43181a47263dd9f2bee0afd688a841b09f9b7d12 (diff)
Merge tag 'x86_microcode_for_v6.18_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 microcode loading updates from Borislav Petkov: - Add infrastructure to be able to debug the microcode loader in a guest - Refresh Intel old microcode revisions * tag 'x86_microcode_for_v6.18_rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: x86/microcode: Add microcode loader debugging functionality x86/microcode: Add microcode= cmdline parsing x86/microcode/intel: Refresh the revisions that determine old_microcode
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@@ -3767,8 +3767,16 @@
mga= [HW,DRM]
- microcode.force_minrev= [X86]
- Format: <bool>
+ microcode= [X86] Control the behavior of the microcode loader.
+ Available options, comma separated:
+
+ base_rev=X - with <X> with format: <u32>
+ Set the base microcode revision of each thread when in
+ debug mode.
+
+ dis_ucode_ldr: disable the microcode loader
+
+ force_minrev:
Enable or disable the microcode minimal revision
enforcement for the runtime microcode loader.