[meta-intel] [Patch v2 4/7] meta-intel BSPs: enable user space microcode loading support

[Kamble, Nitin A]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hart, Darren
> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2014 1:53 PM
> To: Kamble, Nitin A; meta-intel at yoctoproject.org; Zanussi, Tom;
> richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org; Burton, Ross
> Subject: Re: [Patch v2 4/7] meta-intel BSPs: enable user space microcode
> loading support
> 
> On 7/11/14, 11:59, "Kamble, Nitin A" <nitin.a.kamble at intel.com> wrote:
> 
> >From: Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble at intel.com>
> >
> >Enable user space microcode loading support for all the BSPs using the
> >meta-intel.inc file.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble at intel.com>
> >---
> > conf/machine/include/meta-intel.inc | 5 +++++
> > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> >
> >diff --git a/conf/machine/include/meta-intel.inc
> >b/conf/machine/include/meta-intel.inc
> >index fb9b4a8..4baefc8 100644
> >--- a/conf/machine/include/meta-intel.inc
> >+++ b/conf/machine/include/meta-intel.inc
> >@@ -24,3 +24,8 @@ XSERVER_X86_MATROX_MGA = "xf86-video-mga \
> >
> > XSERVER_X86_ASPEED_AST = "xf86-video-ast \
> >            "
> >+
> >+
> >+
> >+# Enable all BSPs from meta-intel layer with user space Intel
> >+microcode
> >loading support.
> >+MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS += "intel-microcode iucode-tool"
> >--
> >1.8.1.4
> >
> >
> 
> Seems like 4 and 7 can be done together. Any particular reason to keep them
> separate?

#4 is for userland microcode loading support

And #7 is for the early boot kernel microcode loading support


Nitin

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