Re: [PATCH] x86/microcode: add parameter dis_ucode_ldr in kernel-paramenters.txt

2014-09-08 Thread Borislav Petkov
On Mon, Sep 08, 2014 at 12:09:12PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > Are you genuinely saying we shouldn't document this command line > parameter? Sorry, it really doesn't work that way. My intent is to keep this one from getting abused for the wrong reasons. Not documenting it is probably not going

Re: [PATCH] x86/microcode: add parameter dis_ucode_ldr in kernel-paramenters.txt

2014-09-08 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On 09/05/2014 01:57 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote: > >> This patch adds the explanation for this parameter in >> Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt for user convenience. > > As I said earlier, I don't want to do exactly that because this > parameter should be used only to rule out microcode loading

Re: [PATCH] x86/microcode: add parameter dis_ucode_ldr in kernel-paramenters.txt

2014-09-05 Thread Borislav Petkov
On Thu, Sep 04, 2014 at 12:07:06PM -0700, Fenghua Yu wrote: > From: Fenghua Yu > > The kernel parameter dis_ucode_ldr disables early loading microcode from > initrd. The parameter was introduced earlier by Borislave Petkov. My name is Borislav Petkov, without an "e". > This patch adds the expla

[PATCH] x86/microcode: add parameter dis_ucode_ldr in kernel-paramenters.txt

2014-09-04 Thread Fenghua Yu
From: Fenghua Yu The kernel parameter dis_ucode_ldr disables early loading microcode from initrd. The parameter was introduced earlier by Borislave Petkov. This patch adds the explanation for this parameter in Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt for user convenience. Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu