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



>>> 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.

Jan


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