Intel Software Developer's Manual, volume 3, chapter 9.11.6 says: "Note that the microcode update must be aligned on a 16-byte boundary and the size of the microcode update must be 1-KByte granular" When early-load Intel microcode is loaded from initramfs, userspace tool 'iucode_tool' has already 16-byte aligned those microcode bits in that initramfs image. Image that was created something like this: iucode_tool --write-earlyfw=FOO.cpio microcode-files... However, when early-load Intel microcode is loaded from built-in firmware BLOB using CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE= kernel config option, that 16-byte alignment is not guaranteed. Fix this by forcing all built-in firmware BLOBs to 16-byte alignment. Signed-off-by: Jari Ruusu <jari.ruusu@xxxxxxxxx> --- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/builtin/Makefile +++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/builtin/Makefile @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ filechk_fwbin = \ echo "/* Generated by $(src)/Makefile */" ;\ echo " .section .rodata" ;\ - echo " .p2align $(ASM_ALIGN)" ;\ + echo " .p2align 4" ;\ echo "_fw_$(FWSTR)_bin:" ;\ echo " .incbin \"$(fwdir)/$(FWNAME)\"" ;\ echo "_fw_end:" ;\ -- Jari Ruusu 4096R/8132F189 12D6 4C3A DCDA 0AA4 27BD ACDF F073 3C80 8132 F189
