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| author | Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> | 2016-06-06 11:10:50 -0400 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2016-06-08 05:04:20 -0400 |
| commit | 9f3cc2a0772d7744d1d7195d39ac4794af622fe6 (patch) | |
| tree | a80793b7c643d79ab8cda25dd7ab241242fc54e5 /Documentation/x86/early-microcode.txt | |
| parent | a13004a2449c56a83d5816e81d850ea92b6837c2 (diff) | |
Documentation/microcode: Document some aspects for more clarity
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/x86/early-microcode.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/x86/early-microcode.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/early-microcode.txt b/Documentation/x86/early-microcode.txt index c956d99cf1de..07749e7f3d50 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/early-microcode.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/early-microcode.txt | |||
| @@ -45,7 +45,10 @@ Builtin microcode | |||
| 45 | ================= | 45 | ================= |
| 46 | 46 | ||
| 47 | We can also load builtin microcode supplied through the regular firmware | 47 | We can also load builtin microcode supplied through the regular firmware |
| 48 | builtin method CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL. Here's an example: | 48 | builtin method CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL. Only 64-bit is currently |
| 49 | supported. | ||
| 50 | |||
| 51 | Here's an example: | ||
| 49 | 52 | ||
| 50 | CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y | 53 | CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y |
| 51 | CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="intel-ucode/06-3a-09 amd-ucode/microcode_amd_fam15h.bin" | 54 | CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="intel-ucode/06-3a-09 amd-ucode/microcode_amd_fam15h.bin" |