Re: [tip:x86/microcode] x86/microcode_intel_early.c: Early update ucode on Intel's CPU

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On 12/19/2012 03:30 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 03:17:59PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
I presume with "too big" he really means "oddly shaped".

Yeah, that's why it could be enlarged a little in order to adjust it to
the MTRR scheme. This is what the BKDG says about it:


Yes, they should just cap the hole a few megabytes short and put an UC MTRR at 0xfc00000000. That should happen regardless... this system is dangerous without it.

	-hpa

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