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

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> 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


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