Return-Path: Received: from mail.linutronix.de (146.0.238.70:993) by crypto-ml.lab.linutronix.de with IMAP4-SSL for ; 12 Dec 2018 22:17:42 -0000 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15] helo=mx1.suse.de) by Galois.linutronix.de with esmtps (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1gXCp1-0002fp-Vr for speck@linutronix.de; Wed, 12 Dec 2018 23:17:41 +0100 Received: from relay2.suse.de (unknown [195.135.220.254]) by mx1.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08A99ADC3 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2018 22:17:34 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 23:17:31 +0100 From: Borislav Petkov Subject: [MODERATED] Re: [PATCH v2 2/8] MDSv2 1 Message-ID: <20181212221731.GF6696@zn.tnic> References: <87784B01-00DE-4E4E-AF13-7CEFC9903019@oracle.com> <20181211100335.GB25994@zn.tnic> <20181212213147.GR9077@char.us.oracle.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20181212213147.GR9077@char.us.oracle.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: speck@linutronix.de List-ID: On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 04:31:48PM -0500, speck for Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wro= te: > We can start that conversation upstream, but Thomas and Boris -are you > guys very much against this idea with the upstream kernel or would you > be up for taking a sip from this can? Well, I'm willing to hear your arguments for why you absolutely must load microcode during runtime, without rebooting and cannot bundle a microcode upgrade with a kernel upgrade and do a normal reboot during scheduled system downtime. --=20 Regards/Gruss, Boris. SUSE Linux GmbH, GF: Felix Imend=C3=B6rffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton, HR= B 21284 (AG N=C3=BCrnberg) --=20