Re: [tip:x86/microcode] x86/microcode_intel_early.c: Early update ucode on Intel's CPU
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- Subject: Re: [tip:x86/microcode] x86/microcode_intel_early.c: Early update ucode on Intel's CPU
- From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 12:52:02 -0800
- Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>, "Yu, Fenghua" <fenghua.yu@xxxxxxxxx>, "mingo@xxxxxxxxxx" <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>, "linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "linux-tip-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-tip-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>, Stefano Stabellini <Stefano.Stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- In-reply-to: <CAE9FiQXf8eq=zwoSPvN4oBuRShirS57STFuPTNcKm7Gf+Bs2Vg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 12/14/2012 12:17 PM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 12:10 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> What info are you referring to?
>
> pointer to init_level4_pgt page.
>
We point the trampoline at the proper page tables in swapper_pg_dir;
this means pushing realmode initialization (but not reservation!) after
pagetable_init(), but that should be fine I *believe*... the big
question is if we have something that wants to invoke EFI before then,
if so it could get tricky.
-hpa
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