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[Xen-devel] disallow configuring the microcode updater as a module

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Subject: [Xen-devel] disallow configuring the microcode updater as a module
From: "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 17:23:56 +0200
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As this at present doesn't build, configuring it in such a way should be 
disallowed until it gets fixed.

Jan

--- 2.6.11-xen/arch/xen/i386/Kconfig    2005-07-01 09:13:43.551293192 -0700
+++ nxen-guest/arch/xen/i386/Kconfig    2005-07-01 09:15:00.777553016 -0700
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ config PREEMPT_BKL
 #         enters thermal throttling.
 
 config MICROCODE
-       tristate "/dev/cpu/microcode - Intel IA32 CPU microcode support"
+       bool "/dev/cpu/microcode - Intel IA32 CPU microcode support"
         depends on XEN_PRIVILEGED_GUEST
        ---help---
          If you say Y here and also to "/dev file system support" in the
--- 2.6.11-xen/arch/xen/x86_64/Kconfig  2005-07-01 09:14:19.555819672 -0700
+++ nxen-guest/arch/xen/x86_64/Kconfig  2005-07-01 09:15:30.648012016 -0700
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ config X86_LOCAL_APIC
        default XEN_PRIVILEGED_GUEST
 
 config MICROCODE
-       tristate "/dev/cpu/microcode - Intel CPU microcode support"
+       bool "/dev/cpu/microcode - Intel CPU microcode support"
        ---help---
          If you say Y here the 'File systems' section, you will be
          able to update the microcode on Intel processors. You will


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