kernel/linux.git/Documentation/x86/microcode.rst, branch v6.1.168Linux kernel stable tree (mirror)https://git.radix-linux.su/kernel/linux.git/atom?h=v6.1.1682022-08-18T13:57:53+00:00x86/microcode: Document the whole late loading problem2022-08-18T13:57:53+00:00Ashok Rajashok.raj@intel.com2022-08-13T22:38:21+00:00urn:sha1:3ecf671f1d354f40228e407ab350abd41034410b
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
Documentation: x86: convert microcode.txt to reST2019-05-08T20:34:11+00:00Changbin Duchangbin.du@gmail.com2019-05-08T15:21:30+00:00urn:sha1:3d07bc393f9b63ca4c6f9953922f9122a11f29c3
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>