[meta-intel] [PATCH 2/2] meta-intel.inc: allow disabling of Intel microcode

[Hart, Darren]

On 9/17/14, 13:23, "Kamble, Nitin A" <nitin.a.kamble at intel.com> wrote:

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>>No, we had this discussion. These BSPs need to build out of the box
>>without special flags to disable feature that would otherwise break it on
>>supported systems. If Microcode can't be enabled generically and safely,
>>then it needs to be opt-in, not opt-out.
>>
>>--
>>Darren
>We discussed this a bit on jabber. The new proposal is to make it a
>MACHINE_FEATURE and add it to all the machine .conf files from meta-intel.

The problem with this of course is we can't use it easily with the common
BSPs and ultimately we want to eliminate as many of the other BSPs as
possible.

What is the exact issue with microcode? How does it break certain systems
when enabled on the intel common BSPs?


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