[meta-intel] [Patch v2 6/7] core-image-minimal-initramfs: extend to support early microcode loading

[Hart, Darren]

On 7/18/14, 10:59, "Hart, Darren" <darren.hart at intel.com> wrote:

>On 7/17/14, 15:27, "Kamble, Nitin A" <nitin.a.kamble at intel.com> wrote:
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>>> >+IMAGE_FSTYPES_meta-intel = "cpio.gz.ucode"
>>> >--
>>> >1.8.1.4
>>> >
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hrm.... A meta-intel override... Do we need to introduce a layer
>>>override,
>>> or would the intel-common overrides be sufficient? It would reduce the
>>> complexity a bit.
>>> 
>>I have renamed the override to intel-common now.
>
>Well, what about the comment below?
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>>
>>Nitin
>>
>>> I do see the value in the layer override though as it applies to the
>>>BSPs
>>> that are not yet intel-common - or won't ever be.
>
>If you use the intel common overrides, then machines that don't share a
>common kernel cannot have microcode support? That seems overly restrictive
>to me.

Ah, you are not using the same override as the common pkgarch, I
misunderstood what you meant by "intel-common". OK, this is fine either
way.

>
>>> 
>>> So..
>>> 
>>> Acked-by: Darren Hart <dvhart at linux.intel.com>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Darren Hart					Open Source Technology
>>> Center
>>> darren.hart at intel.com				            Intel Corporation
>>> 
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>Darren Hart					Open Source Technology Center
>darren.hart at intel.com				            Intel Corporation
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