On Tue, 11 Aug 2015 13:17:10 +0200 hasufell wrote: > On 08/11/2015 08:34 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > commit: 719cc5ef240b766953ddbe1e7a6593f8091eed12 > > Author: Mike Frysinger <vapier <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> > > AuthorDate: Tue Aug 11 06:28:16 2015 +0000 > > Commit: Mike Frysinger <vapier <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> > > CommitDate: Tue Aug 11 06:34:22 2015 +0000 > > URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=719cc5ef > > > > microcode-ctl: stop installing the init script > > > > Updating microcode on the fly is dangerous as it can modify the set of > > valid instructions. An active example of this is Intel's TSX insns -- > > the latest microcode push disables the insn on newer CPUs and causes > > SIGILL when you try to use it. But if you test for the insn before the > > microcode is updated, it will execute fine. For daemons that launched > > before the update, they'll find the flag works, and then crash later on > > when the insn no longer exists. > > > > Thus the only safe way to update microcode is at boot time via a builtin > > initramfs. Details on this operation can be found in #528712#41. > > > > I've already asked you twice on the ML why you keep ignoring the > standard we set for the commit message summary and pretty much everyone > is following except you.
Let me remind you that: 1. this is not a standard, but a draft; 2. not all issues are clear right now (e.g. how to reference bugs); 3. it is not approved by the Council; 4. not everyone agrees with these rules anyway. Best regards, Andrew Savchenko
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