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

[Hart, Darren]

On 9/18/14, 9:18, "Kamble, Nitin A" <nitin.a.kamble at intel.com> wrote:

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>On 9/18/14, 9:13 AM, "Hart, Darren" <darren.hart at intel.com> wrote:
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>>On 9/17/14, 13:51, "Kamble, Nitin A" <nitin.a.kamble at intel.com> wrote:
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>>>>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.
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>>>>What is the exact issue with microcode? How does it break certain
>>>>systems
>>>>when enabled on the intel common BSPs?
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>>>1st there is no boot issue related to microcode. What was reported is a
>>>build issue. His initrd file was not built correctly. And we believe
>>>that
>>>it happened because he used older version of poky/oecore. So that is
>>>turning out to be a build setup issue.
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>>>Here are the updates on the bug:
>>>https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6730
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>>>Nitin
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>>Oh great!
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>>So what's the status of this then? Can it be enabled by default?
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>I see no blockage for enabling by default. But usages like microyocto may
>want to disable the feature to save some space. So I am working on make
>the the intel microcode feature available as a machine feature, and all
>the machines in meta-intel will include the machine feature.

Right, and I should have said "make it the default for intel-core*
machines". 

Thanks Nitin,

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