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Merge branch 'x86-microcode-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

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Pull x86 microcode updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "The biggest change in this cycle was the separation of the microcode
  loading mechanism from the initrd code plus the support of built-in
  microcode images.

  There were also lots cleanups and general restructuring (by Borislav
  Petkov)"

* 'x86-microcode-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (24 commits)
  x86/microcode/intel: Drop orig_sum from ext signature checksum
  x86/microcode/intel: Improve microcode sanity-checking error messages
  x86/microcode/intel: Merge two consecutive if-statements
  x86/microcode/intel: Get rid of DWSIZE
  x86/microcode/intel: Change checksum variables to u32
  x86/microcode: Use kmemdup() rather than duplicating its implementation
  x86/microcode: Remove unnecessary paravirt_enabled check
  x86/microcode: Document builtin microcode loading method
  x86/microcode/AMD: Issue microcode updated message later
  x86/microcode/intel: Cleanup get_matching_model_microcode()
  x86/microcode/intel: Remove unused arg of get_matching_model_microcode()
  x86/microcode/intel: Rename mc_saved_in_initrd
  x86/microcode/intel: Use *wrmsrl variants
  x86/microcode/intel: Cleanup apply_microcode_intel()
  x86/microcode/intel: Move the BUG_ON up and turn it into WARN_ON
  x86/microcode/intel: Rename mc_intel variable to mc
  x86/microcode/intel: Rename mc_saved_count to num_saved
  x86/microcode/intel: Rename local variables of type struct mc_saved_data
  x86/microcode/AMD: Drop redundant printk prefix
  x86/microcode: Issue update message only once
  ...
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@ -40,3 +40,28 @@ cp ../microcode.bin kernel/x86/microcode/GenuineIntel.bin (or AuthenticAMD.bin)
find . | cpio -o -H newc >../ucode.cpio
cd ..
cat ucode.cpio /boot/initrd-3.5.0.img >/boot/initrd-3.5.0.ucode.img
Builtin microcode
=================
We can also load builtin microcode supplied through the regular firmware
builtin method CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL. Here's an example:
CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL=y
CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="intel-ucode/06-3a-09 amd-ucode/microcode_amd_fam15h.bin"
CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware"
This basically means, you have the following tree structure locally:
/lib/firmware/
|-- amd-ucode
...
| |-- microcode_amd_fam15h.bin
...
|-- intel-ucode
...
| |-- 06-3a-09
...
so that the build system can find those files and integrate them into
the final kernel image. The early loader finds them and applies them.