Re: [Xen-devel] [Pkg-xen-devel] Bug#785187: xen-hypervisor-4.5-amd64: Option ucode=scan is not working

[Stephan Seitz <stse+debianbugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 11:57:55AM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> > > according to the documentation the option ucode=scan should tell XEN to
> > > look for a microcode update in an uncompressed initrd.
> > >
> > > While I donât use the Debian kernel the tools to generate the initrd are
> > > part of Debian. The command âcpio -i < /boot/initrd.img-4.0.2-Dom0â
> > > creates the directory structure âkernel/x86/microcode/GenuineIntel.binâ,
> > > so I think the initrd is allright.
> Is the initramfs compressed? The scanning code can't deal if the 
[stse@osgiliath]: file /boot/initrd.img-4.0.2-Dom0 
/boot/initrd.img-4.0.2-Dom0: ASCII cpio archive (SVR4 with no CRC)
I donât think the initrd is compressed.

http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-users/2014-05/msg00053.html says 
that I have to use âcpio -H newcâ not âcpio -o câ, but I donât know how 
the Debian tools create the initrd.
Shade and sweet water!

        Stephan

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