> Hi!
> I'am trying to use the feature of loading early an intel microcode.
> According to the documentation (early-microcode.txt) that should be possible.
>
> I am currently using my own initrd, so I've created a second one, as the docs
> specified and merged it with my own.
>
> Galactica linux # file /tmp/ucode.cpio
> /tmp/ucode.cpio: ASCII cpio archive (SVR4 with no CRC)
>
> Galactica linux # file /tmp/my_own_initrd.cpio
> /tmp/my_own_initrd.cpio: ASCII cpio archive (SVR4 with no CRC)
>
> Galactica linux # cpio -itv < /tmp/ucode.cpio
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Jul 18 17:01 .
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Jul 18 17:01 kernel
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Jul 18 17:01 kernel/x86
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Jul 18 17:01 kernel/x86/microcode
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1857432 Jul 18 17:01
> kernel/x86/microcode/GenuineIntel.bin
>
> Galactica tmp # cpio -itv < /tmp/my_own_initrd.cpio
> drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 0 Jul 18 22:33 .
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Jul 18 22:33 mnt
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Jul 18 22:33 mnt/root
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Jul 18 22:33 lib64
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Jul 18 22:33 etc
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Jul 18 22:33 sys
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Jul 18 22:33 bin
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jul 18 22:33 bin/ash -> /bin/busybox
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jul 18 22:33 bin/cat -> /bin/busybox
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jul 18 22:33 bin/loadkmap ->
> /bin/busybox
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jul 18 22:33 bin/cut -> /bin/busybox
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jul 18 22:33 bin/setfont ->
> /bin/busybox
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jul 18 22:33 bin/kbd_mode ->
> /bin/busybox
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jul 18 22:33 bin/echo ->
> /bin/busybox
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jul 18 22:33 bin/umount ->
> /bin/busybox
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2638208 Jul 18 22:33 bin/busybox
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jul 18 22:33 bin/mount ->
> /bin/busybox
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jul 18 22:33 bin/mdev ->
> /bin/busybox
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jul 18 22:33 bin/sleep ->
> /bin/busybox
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jul 18 22:33 bin/printf ->
> /bin/busybox
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Jul 18 22:33 usr
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Jul 18 22:33 usr/bin
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jul 18 22:33 usr/bin/setfont ->
> /bin/busybox
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jul 18 22:33 usr/bin/kbd_mode ->
> /bin/busybox
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jul 18 22:33 usr/bin/printf ->
> /bin/busybox
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 0 Jul 18 22:33 dev
> crw-r--r-- 1 root root 5, 1 Jul 18 22:33 dev/console
> crw-r--r-- 1 root root 4, 64 Jul 18 22:33 dev/ttyS0
> crw-r--r-- 1 root root 1, 3 Jul 18 22:33 dev/null
> crw-r--r-- 1 root root 1, 5 Jul 18 22:33 dev/zero
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Jul 18 22:33 proc
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5707 Jul 18 22:33 init
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Jul 18 22:33 lib -> lib64
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Jul 18 22:33 sbin
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jul 18 22:33 sbin/loadkmap ->
> /bin/busybox
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jul 18 22:33 sbin/switch_root ->
> /bin/busybox
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jul 18 22:33 sbin/mdev ->
> /bin/busybox
> 5174 blocks
>
> Then I merged them, as the docs say:
> cat /tmp/ucode.cpio /tmp/my_own_initrd.cpio > /boot/initramfs-3.15.5.img
>
> Booting works fine with this combined initrd, but there is no new microcode
> applied.
>
> [ 1.058641] microcode: CPU0 sig=0x20661, pf=0x2, revision=0x104
> [ 1.063259] microcode: CPU1 sig=0x20661, pf=0x2, revision=0x104
> [ 1.068011] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.00
> <[email protected]>, Peter Oruba
>
> It's only applied much later, when my microcode_ctl runs as a service.
>
> [ 15.764517] microcode: CPU0 sig=0x20661, pf=0x2, revision=0x104
> [ 15.764979] microcode: CPU0 updated to revision 0x105, date = 2011-07-18
> [ 15.765970] microcode: CPU1 sig=0x20661, pf=0x2, revision=0x104
> [ 15.766430] microcode: CPU1 updated to revision 0x105, date = 2011-07-18
>
> Where is the problem? Why is the microcode not being loaded early?
>
> Cheers
> Conrad
Does anybody has some idea, why this is not working for me?
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