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Documentation: x86: convert microcode.txt to reST This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and add it to Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change. Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-05-08 23:21:30 +08:00
x86/microcode: Document the three loading methods Paul Menzel recently asked how to load microcode on a system and I realized that we don't really have all the methods written down somewhere. Do that, so people can go and look them up. Reported-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170724101228.17326-3-bp@alien8.de [ Fix whitespace noise in the new description. ] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2017-07-24 12:12:27 +02:00
Documentation: x86: convert microcode.txt to reST This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and add it to Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change. Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-05-08 23:21:30 +08:00
x86/microcode: Document the whole late loading problem Commit d23d33ea0fcd ("x86/microcode: Taint and warn on late loading") started tainting the kernel after microcode late loading. There is some history behind why x86 microcode started doing the late loading stop_machine() rendezvous. Document the whole situation. No functional changes. [ bp: Fix typos, heavily massage. ] Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220813223825.3164861-2-ashok.raj@intel.com
2022-08-13 22:38:21 +00:00
x86/microcode: Document the three loading methods Paul Menzel recently asked how to load microcode on a system and I realized that we don't really have all the methods written down somewhere. Do that, so people can go and look them up. Reported-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170724101228.17326-3-bp@alien8.de [ Fix whitespace noise in the new description. ] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2017-07-24 12:12:27 +02:00
Documentation: x86: convert microcode.txt to reST This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and add it to Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change. Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-05-08 23:21:30 +08:00
x86/microcode: Document the three loading methods Paul Menzel recently asked how to load microcode on a system and I realized that we don't really have all the methods written down somewhere. Do that, so people can go and look them up. Reported-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170724101228.17326-3-bp@alien8.de [ Fix whitespace noise in the new description. ] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2017-07-24 12:12:27 +02:00
Documentation: x86: convert microcode.txt to reST This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and add it to Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change. Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-05-08 23:21:30 +08:00
x86/microcode: Document the three loading methods Paul Menzel recently asked how to load microcode on a system and I realized that we don't really have all the methods written down somewhere. Do that, so people can go and look them up. Reported-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170724101228.17326-3-bp@alien8.de [ Fix whitespace noise in the new description. ] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2017-07-24 12:12:27 +02:00
Documentation: x86: convert microcode.txt to reST This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and add it to Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change. Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-05-08 23:21:30 +08:00
x86/microcode: Document the three loading methods Paul Menzel recently asked how to load microcode on a system and I realized that we don't really have all the methods written down somewhere. Do that, so people can go and look them up. Reported-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170724101228.17326-3-bp@alien8.de [ Fix whitespace noise in the new description. ] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2017-07-24 12:12:27 +02:00
Documentation: x86: convert microcode.txt to reST This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and add it to Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change. Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-05-08 23:21:30 +08:00
x86/microcode: Document the three loading methods Paul Menzel recently asked how to load microcode on a system and I realized that we don't really have all the methods written down somewhere. Do that, so people can go and look them up. Reported-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170724101228.17326-3-bp@alien8.de [ Fix whitespace noise in the new description. ] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2017-07-24 12:12:27 +02:00
Documentation: x86: convert microcode.txt to reST This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and add it to Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change. Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-05-08 23:21:30 +08:00
x86/microcode: Document the three loading methods Paul Menzel recently asked how to load microcode on a system and I realized that we don't really have all the methods written down somewhere. Do that, so people can go and look them up. Reported-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170724101228.17326-3-bp@alien8.de [ Fix whitespace noise in the new description. ] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2017-07-24 12:12:27 +02:00
x86/microcode: Document the whole late loading problem Commit d23d33ea0fcd ("x86/microcode: Taint and warn on late loading") started tainting the kernel after microcode late loading. There is some history behind why x86 microcode started doing the late loading stop_machine() rendezvous. Document the whole situation. No functional changes. [ bp: Fix typos, heavily massage. ] Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220813223825.3164861-2-ashok.raj@intel.com
2022-08-13 22:38:21 +00:00
x86/microcode: Document the three loading methods Paul Menzel recently asked how to load microcode on a system and I realized that we don't really have all the methods written down somewhere. Do that, so people can go and look them up. Reported-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170724101228.17326-3-bp@alien8.de [ Fix whitespace noise in the new description. ] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2017-07-24 12:12:27 +02:00
Documentation: x86: convert microcode.txt to reST This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and add it to Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change. Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-05-08 23:21:30 +08:00
x86/microcode: Document the three loading methods Paul Menzel recently asked how to load microcode on a system and I realized that we don't really have all the methods written down somewhere. Do that, so people can go and look them up. Reported-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170724101228.17326-3-bp@alien8.de [ Fix whitespace noise in the new description. ] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2017-07-24 12:12:27 +02:00
x86/microcode: Document the whole late loading problem Commit d23d33ea0fcd ("x86/microcode: Taint and warn on late loading") started tainting the kernel after microcode late loading. There is some history behind why x86 microcode started doing the late loading stop_machine() rendezvous. Document the whole situation. No functional changes. [ bp: Fix typos, heavily massage. ] Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220813223825.3164861-2-ashok.raj@intel.com
2022-08-13 22:38:21 +00:00
Documentation: x86: convert microcode.txt to reST This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and add it to Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change. Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-05-08 23:21:30 +08:00
x86/microcode: Document the three loading methods Paul Menzel recently asked how to load microcode on a system and I realized that we don't really have all the methods written down somewhere. Do that, so people can go and look them up. Reported-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170724101228.17326-3-bp@alien8.de [ Fix whitespace noise in the new description. ] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2017-07-24 12:12:27 +02:00
firmware: Fix up docs referring to FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL We've removed the option, so stop talking about it. Signed-off-by: Benjamin Gilbert <benjamin.gilbert@coreos.com> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2018-01-23 18:06:32 -08:00
x86/microcode: Document the three loading methods Paul Menzel recently asked how to load microcode on a system and I realized that we don't really have all the methods written down somewhere. Do that, so people can go and look them up. Reported-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170724101228.17326-3-bp@alien8.de [ Fix whitespace noise in the new description. ] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2017-07-24 12:12:27 +02:00
Documentation: x86: convert microcode.txt to reST This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and add it to Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change. Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-05-08 23:21:30 +08:00
x86/microcode: Document the three loading methods Paul Menzel recently asked how to load microcode on a system and I realized that we don't really have all the methods written down somewhere. Do that, so people can go and look them up. Reported-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170724101228.17326-3-bp@alien8.de [ Fix whitespace noise in the new description. ] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2017-07-24 12:12:27 +02:00
Documentation: x86: convert microcode.txt to reST This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and add it to Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change. Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-05-08 23:21:30 +08:00
x86/microcode: Document the three loading methods Paul Menzel recently asked how to load microcode on a system and I realized that we don't really have all the methods written down somewhere. Do that, so people can go and look them up. Reported-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170724101228.17326-3-bp@alien8.de [ Fix whitespace noise in the new description. ] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2017-07-24 12:12:27 +02:00
Documentation: x86: convert microcode.txt to reST This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and add it to Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change. Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-05-08 23:21:30 +08:00
x86/microcode: Document the three loading methods Paul Menzel recently asked how to load microcode on a system and I realized that we don't really have all the methods written down somewhere. Do that, so people can go and look them up. Reported-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170724101228.17326-3-bp@alien8.de [ Fix whitespace noise in the new description. ] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2017-07-24 12:12:27 +02:00
Documentation: x86: convert microcode.txt to reST This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and add it to Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change. Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-05-08 23:21:30 +08:00
x86/microcode: Document the three loading methods Paul Menzel recently asked how to load microcode on a system and I realized that we don't really have all the methods written down somewhere. Do that, so people can go and look them up. Reported-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170724101228.17326-3-bp@alien8.de [ Fix whitespace noise in the new description. ] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2017-07-24 12:12:27 +02:00