[meta-intel] [Patch v4 3/6] intel-microcode: a recipe for Intel microcode datafile

[Darren Hart]

On 7/29/14, 9:25, "Kamble, Nitin A" <nitin.a.kamble at intel.com> wrote:

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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Darren Hart [mailto:dvhart at linux.intel.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 8:33 AM
>> To: Burton, Ross
>> Cc: Kamble, Nitin A; meta-intel at yoctoproject.org; Zanussi, Tom; Hart,
>>Darren
>> Subject: Re: [meta-intel] [Patch v4 3/6] intel-microcode: a recipe for
>>Intel
>> microcode datafile
>> 
>> On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 01:57:08PM +0100, Burton, Ross wrote:
>> > On 25 July 2014 17:49, Kamble, Nitin A <nitin.a.kamble at intel.com>
>>wrote:
>> > > Maybe we can wait for the intel microcode to go intoe
>>linux-firmware,
>> then this recipe will not be needed at all. But for that to happen
>>intel-
>> microcode needs to show up in the linux-firmware repo, and I will push
>>on
>> that instead of pushing this recipe.
>> >
>> > This seems like the path of least pain for us certainly.
>> 
>> What does this mean for this series? Is it on hold until such time as
>>linux-
>> firmware includes the necessary bins? Are we confident it will be
>>updated
>> frequently enough?
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>These are the open questions for now. And I am trying to find the
>responsible person for this effort to get answers.

I don't know for sure, but I would *guess* David Woodhouse - or at least
start with him.

>
>Nitin
>
>> 
>> --
>> Darren
>


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Darren Hart					Open Source Technology Center
darren.hart at intel.com				            Intel Corporation