Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: Track minimum microcode revision globally

[Borislav Petkov]

On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 01:52:14PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Different CPUs in a multisocket system may have different compatible
> ucode versions.

Ah, so you need the different ucode for the different steppings of the
cpus on the board, right? Assuming ucode versions are incremented per
F:M:S tuple, of course, then you can have different compatible microcode
versions.

> Of course, I am not even sure if it makes any sense at all to compare
> microcode versions without qualifying them with F:M:S.

Yep.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.
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