[Xen-devel] [PATCH] Support newer microcode

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Subject:	[Xen-devel] [PATCH] Support newer microcode
From:	Kurt Garloff <garloff@xxxxxxx>
Date:	Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:54:44 +0100
Cc:	Clyde Griffin <CGriffin@xxxxxxxxxx>, Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@xxxxxxxxx>, Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Hi,

intel docs say that default microcode size is 2000+48 bytes; 
however shorter sizes are legal. Actually, with microcode_ctl-1.15,
such shorter u-codes are actually out there in the wild.
The Linux kernel rejected this until 2.6.19rc; Xen still does.
Here's the port to Xen.

Best,
-- 
Kurt Garloff, Head Architect and acting VP SUSE R&D, Novell Inc.

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