Re: [PATCH] x86/microcode: Adjust ramdisk address when accessing by virtual address
From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Mon Dec 19 2016 - 13:07:20 EST
On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 05:40:27PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2016 at 11:10:29AM -0500, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
> > config attached. I'll see how I can get you the initrd.
>
> Wait a bit, lemme see if I can repro with my initrd here.
Hmm, it boots here (btw, this is with the 4 patches applied).
[ 0.000000] Linux version 4.9.0upstream-11409-gf3302378ed83-dirty (boris@pd) (gcc version 6.2.1 20161124 (Debian 6.2.1-5) ) #1 SMP Mon Dec 19 18:50:17 CET 2016
[ 0.000000] x86/fpu: Legacy x87 FPU detected.
[ 0.000000] e820: BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
...
[ 0.000000] RAMDISK: [mem 0x37845000-0x37c19fff]
[ 0.000000] Allocated new RAMDISK: [mem 0x36470000-0x36844f5e]
[ 0.000000] Move RAMDISK from [mem 0x37845000-0x37c19f5e] to [mem 0x36470000-0x36844f5e]
...
[ 0.243326] smpboot: CPU0: AMD E-350 Processor (family: 0x14, model: 0x1, stepping: 0x0)
[ 0.243637] Performance Events: AMD PMU driver.
...
[ 1.307957] microcode: microcode updated early to new patch_level=0x05000029
[ 1.308212] microcode: CPU0: patch_level=0x05000029
[ 1.308374] microcode: CPU1: patch_level=0x05000029
[ 1.308726] microcode: Microcode Update Driver: v2.2.
$ uname -a
Linux x1 4.9.0upstream-11409-gf3302378ed83-dirty #1 SMP Mon Dec 19 18:50:17 CET 2016 i686 GNU/Linux
So I guess I wanna take a look at the initrd now...
Thanks.
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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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