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2016-06-08Documentation/microcode: Document some aspects for more clarityBorislav Petkov
Document that builtin microcode is 64-bit only. Also, improve/add comments to places. Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com> Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1465225850-7352-10-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2016-02-09x86/microcode: Document builtin microcode loading methodBorislav Petkov
Add some text and an example to Documentation/x86/early-microcode.txt explaining how to build in microcode. Tested-by: Thomas Voegtle <tv@lio96.de> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1454499225-21544-18-git-send-email-bp@alien8.de Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2013-05-30x86, microcode, amd: Early microcode patch loading support for AMDJacob Shin
Add early microcode patch loading support for AMD. Signed-off-by: Jacob Shin <jacob.shin@amd.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1369940959-2077-5-git-send-email-jacob.shin@amd.com Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> Cc: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
2013-01-31x86, doc: Documentation for early microcode loadingFenghua Yu
Documenation for early loading microcode methodology. Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1356075872-3054-2-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>