[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH 0/2] x86/microcode: support for microcode update in Xen dom0

H. Peter Anvin
Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:58:10 -0000

On 02/02/2011 04:55 PM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
wrote:
>
> 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