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Re: [PATCH 5/5] x86/ucode: Drop the match_reg[] field from AMD's microcode_patch


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On 2024-10-24 09:22, Andrew Cooper wrote:
This was true in the K10 days, but even back then the match registers were
really payload data rather than header data.

But, it's really model specific data, and these days typically part of the
signature, so is random data for all intents and purposes.

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Jason Andryuk <jason.andryuk@xxxxxxx>



 


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