[opensuse-kernel] CONFIG_MICROCODE in kernel:HEAD
hi: CONFIG_MICROCODE= should be set to Y instead of m in 3.11rcn otherwise early microcode loading (as implemented in dracut at least) wont work. You also have to enable ONFIG_MICROCODE_*_EARLY to match to preserve the 3.10 behavior. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+owner@opensuse.org
On 7/23/13 11:50 AM, Cristian Rodríguez wrote:
hi:
CONFIG_MICROCODE= should be set to Y instead of m in 3.11rcn otherwise early microcode loading (as implemented in dracut at least) wont work.
You also have to enable ONFIG_MICROCODE_*_EARLY to match to preserve the 3.10 behavior.
Thanks for the heads up. I've updated the configs. I'm sorting out the packaging of the firmware files now as well. -Jeff -- Jeff Mahoney SUSE Labs
El 24/07/13 18:52, Jeff Mahoney escribió:
On 7/23/13 11:50 AM, Cristian Rodríguez wrote:
hi:
CONFIG_MICROCODE= should be set to Y instead of m in 3.11rcn otherwise early microcode loading (as implemented in dracut at least) wont work.
You also have to enable ONFIG_MICROCODE_*_EARLY to match to preserve the 3.10 behavior.
Thanks for the heads up. I've updated the configs. I'm sorting out the packaging of the firmware files now as well.
packaging of the microcode files ? that works just fine and does not need any change. at least to work with dracut, no idea about mkinitrd. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+owner@opensuse.org
On 7/24/13 7:15 PM, Cristian Rodríguez wrote:
El 24/07/13 18:52, Jeff Mahoney escribió:
On 7/23/13 11:50 AM, Cristian Rodríguez wrote:
hi:
CONFIG_MICROCODE= should be set to Y instead of m in 3.11rcn otherwise early microcode loading (as implemented in dracut at least) wont work.
You also have to enable ONFIG_MICROCODE_*_EARLY to match to preserve the 3.10 behavior.
Thanks for the heads up. I've updated the configs. I'm sorting out the packaging of the firmware files now as well.
packaging of the microcode files ? that works just fine and does not need any change. at least to work with dracut, no idea about mkinitrd.
Yeah, it does. In the process of doing a regular update of kernel-firmware, I discovered that AMD put their ucode blobs into the linux-firmware repository. It conflicts with microcode_ctl. microcode_ctl is obsolete since there is real cpu ucode loading support in the kernel now, which only leaves the intel microcode left in that package. So, I've: - Created a new ucode-amd package from the linux-firmware repo (everything else is packaged in kernel-firmware)[1] - Removed everything except the intel microcode generator from microcode_ctl and rename the package to ucode-intel. Each package has the appropriate Supplements like microcode_ctl used to have. These are in home:jeff_mahoney/ucode-intel and home:jeff_mahoney:branches:Kernel:HEAD/kernel-firmware. [1] I'd argue this can be split up more. Most users only need a handful of the firmware blobs and the whole package is ~ 80 MB. -Jeff -- Jeff Mahoney SUSE Labs
On 7/24/13 7:31 PM, Jeff Mahoney wrote:
On 7/24/13 7:15 PM, Cristian Rodríguez wrote:
El 24/07/13 18:52, Jeff Mahoney escribió:
On 7/23/13 11:50 AM, Cristian Rodríguez wrote:
hi:
CONFIG_MICROCODE= should be set to Y instead of m in 3.11rcn otherwise early microcode loading (as implemented in dracut at least) wont work.
You also have to enable ONFIG_MICROCODE_*_EARLY to match to preserve the 3.10 behavior.
Thanks for the heads up. I've updated the configs. I'm sorting out the packaging of the firmware files now as well.
packaging of the microcode files ? that works just fine and does not need any change. at least to work with dracut, no idea about mkinitrd.
Yeah, it does. In the process of doing a regular update of kernel-firmware, I discovered that AMD put their ucode blobs into the linux-firmware repository. It conflicts with microcode_ctl. microcode_ctl is obsolete since there is real cpu ucode loading support in the kernel now, which only leaves the intel microcode left in that package.
So, I've:
- Created a new ucode-amd package from the linux-firmware repo (everything else is packaged in kernel-firmware)[1]
- Removed everything except the intel microcode generator from microcode_ctl and rename the package to ucode-intel.
Each package has the appropriate Supplements like microcode_ctl used to have.
These are in home:jeff_mahoney/ucode-intel and home:jeff_mahoney:branches:Kernel:HEAD/kernel-firmware.
[1] I'd argue this can be split up more. Most users only need a handful of the firmware blobs and the whole package is ~ 80 MB.
Update: Delete request for microcode_ctl: SR 184279 Submit request for new ucode-intel to Base:System: SR 184278 Submit request for kernel-firmware (and ucode-amd) update: SR 184280 I've also updated the kernel binary spec file to Obsolete microcode_ctl. -Jeff -- Jeff Mahoney SUSE Labs
On 07/25/2013 02:09 AM, Jeff Mahoney wrote:
[...] Update:
Delete request for microcode_ctl: SR 184279
First delete it in openSUSE:Factory, then we delete it from Base:System.
Submit request for new ucode-intel to Base:System: SR 184278 Submit request for kernel-firmware (and ucode-amd) update: SR 184280
And I suggest to get those first accepted into Factory before doing the delete request.
I've also updated the kernel binary spec file to Obsolete microcode_ctl.
Thanks, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger aj@{suse.com,opensuse.org} Twitter/Identica: jaegerandi SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GF: Jeff Hawn,Jennifer Guild,Felix Imendörffer,HRB16746 (AG Nürnberg) GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+owner@opensuse.org
On 07/25/2013 08:26 AM, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
On 07/25/2013 02:09 AM, Jeff Mahoney wrote:
[...] Update:
Delete request for microcode_ctl: SR 184279
First delete it in openSUSE:Factory, then we delete it from Base:System.
SR 184287 issued Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger aj@{suse.com,opensuse.org} Twitter/Identica: jaegerandi SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GF: Jeff Hawn,Jennifer Guild,Felix Imendörffer,HRB16746 (AG Nürnberg) GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+owner@opensuse.org
On 7/25/13 2:42 AM, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
On 07/25/2013 08:26 AM, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
On 07/25/2013 02:09 AM, Jeff Mahoney wrote:
[...] Update:
Delete request for microcode_ctl: SR 184279
First delete it in openSUSE:Factory, then we delete it from Base:System.
SR 184287 issued
Andreas
Thanks, Andreas. This is further down the package management rabbit hole than I normally go. :) -Jeff -- Jeff Mahoney SUSE Labs
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