On 5/28/21 5:19 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 10:23:42AM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: >> So you could disable CPU_SUP_INTEL ... Should still boot with reduced >> functionality. > > *If* you disable it and *if* that intel_init_thermal() is really there > to unstick those cores, then you might not even boot successfully. > >> What a mess... > > When is it not when SMM is involved? > > That stinking goo underneath the OS needs to be open sourced so that we > can replace it with something small and sane. BIOS morons will never > learn not to fiddle with architectural components. > Has the patch that resolves - or at least pacifies - this issue been forwarded downstream to GKH for mainline yet? I'd like to be able to upgrade with stock kernels again. James
