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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86/microcode: support for microcode update 
 
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Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@xxxxxxxxxx> | 
 
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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86/microcode: support for microcode update in Xen dom0 | 
 
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"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> | 
 
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Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:58:10 -0800 | 
 
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Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>,	Xen Devel <Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@xxxxxxxxxx>,	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,	Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>, Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,	Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> | 
 
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On 02/02/2011 04:55 PM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
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> But I'd really, really appreciate if someone from Intel [that actually cares
> for operating system support of microcode updates] could vouch that we're
> allowed to do that (convert their text packs to binary packs, merge
> microcodes from older packs with the new to have a single pack with all
> microcodes in their most up-to-date revision, and distribute the resulting
> binary packs) before I make the tool public.
> 
I'm trying to figure this stuff out already.
The actual conversion isn't a problem, obviously.
        -hpa
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