On 20.12.2012 23:48, Fenghua Yu wrote: > From: Fenghua Yu <fenghua...@intel.com> > > The problem in current microcode loading method is that we load a microcode > way, > way too late; ideally we should load it before turning paging on. This may > only > be practical on 32 bits since we can't get to 64-bit mode without paging on, > but we should still do it as early as at all possible.
Why loading microcode this early is important? Why it is bad to load it at the end of (initial) boot? Thanks, /mjt -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
