Re: [PATCH] X86 microcode AMD: Missing firmware file is not an error

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On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 05:39:43PM +0100, Thomas Renninger wrote:
>> Do it the same way as done in microcode_intel.c:
>> use pr_debug for missing firmware files.
>> There seem to be CPUs out there for which no microcode update has been
>> submitted to kernel-firmware repo yet resulting in:
>>
>> microcode: failed to load file amd-ucode/microcode_amd_fam16h.bin
>>
>> error messages in dmesg.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Renninger <trenn@xxxxxxx>
>> CC: bp@xxxxxxx
>> CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Why the stable tag? Is that such a serious bug?

Not serious, but from a distro perspective it would really be nice to
have.  We get queries on why it's an error and where are the firmware
files for family 16h, etc.  Explaining it can get tiring ;).

josh
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