From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Tue Sep 11 14:56:50 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA7961093640 for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2018 14:56:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from markjdb@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pl1-x644.google.com (mail-pl1-x644.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::644]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2ADF47A317 for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2018 14:56:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from markjdb@gmail.com) Received: by mail-pl1-x644.google.com with SMTP id ba4-v6so11451811plb.11 for ; Tue, 11 Sep 2018 07:56:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=UF/jid3HGW222hoo/PCaNohaX5omwNRZT4GlMtt3uLs=; b=mSU9HRgIIQ7hM4a0zK5ePbI7Q6aZGMSbH6qaEaGPk/07IkeQGMS4jUluTKH49ooKjs wY3j0GxtoQ6ffK/R8mDYoJtniwA8CL1JrbqE2G0nLsSnTgoIiO/75EvgLjcBKhOycH5X z5FHKE2xQMoLtuR0rIaYG1UuKgZ9RSMzseBIeUjfgQN7+pRo8fV2A/20MuW3UW6JAh5C ZJd0PekQuz2W6PVJQ6RNthOUb9VbZLXHksHVbP5uqO0HmHNWgr7owFSTatZ/DkQpxR/9 Cm3Ya+cPcKrDvbDsn8P9Ge3/xsgJgE+/Birr6jsgJvfV4T2bwAwN8/ABwJq0KVy+Kop6 0ZFQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id :references:mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=UF/jid3HGW222hoo/PCaNohaX5omwNRZT4GlMtt3uLs=; b=PyRXzDMzZdJ3lpFJEG/piEZWhr4MXT8BtogyPbg8b15WTeAGxLu6T1esgouH9jryvu /E1vHqPYiengYcDgVbAWjnM2LydpS+PoL/uuv9F9tZ413T5QmuOB+kQXA2TusYKEyKn/ 4e1VCOucQWgNvsI5KMBkowqa6X8etOBzb9FIpQ5wOz30+WZqTz+tVWtW7SnjhqCTgGez axV15bGwkuiPUMjvUClJVLYZnt0gu32iVH+kr1UrZvmMRkf8xyo6lwFu4BhMK+EOEL2d 0BZ7T1+cHFbzyrkxRSMTfsmjbloFcWm2dX5Z8Jd7PddvDYRgX2YycCB8OtW2kS7kWv9o ds6Q== X-Gm-Message-State: APzg51DUhwupcg1J+nctir6OcysLnrWEgmdsassEStxiejq9E806Ar4c wo3yhlK28Xnf5fHorY7dO0/cVT2K X-Google-Smtp-Source: ANB0VdY5coxxPY1GC5K3dksnAZlyFrnKvzJWWonL5QwcZvgcvMcr5iOcdfqMcFJgGRB7YEU/a4brqA== X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:704c:: with SMTP id h12-v6mr27502792plt.237.1536677808982; Tue, 11 Sep 2018 07:56:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from raichu (toroon0560w-lp130-01-174-88-78-8.dsl.bell.ca. [174.88.78.8]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id i7-v6sm21376659pgs.17.2018.09.11.07.56.47 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 11 Sep 2018 07:56:48 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Mark Johnston Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 10:56:45 -0400 From: Mark Johnston To: Andrea Venturoli Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: testing early microcode loading Message-ID: <20180911145645.GC92634@raichu> References: <20180910182655.GA2849@raichu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2018 14:56:50 -0000 On Tue, Sep 11, 2018 at 10:20:56AM +0200, Andrea Venturoli wrote: > On 9/10/18 8:26 PM, Mark Johnston wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Support for boot-time loading of Intel microcode updates has landed in > > the kernel in r337715, and in the sysutils/devcpu-data port as of 1.20. > > Thanks for your work. > Altough I cannot test it yet, I appreciate it. > > Just one question: what about AMD? > Is support for this brand coming in the future? > Is it impossible for some reason? I do plan to work on it: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=231024