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Documentation: x86: convert microcode.txt to reST
This converts the plain text documentation to reStructuredText format and add it to Sphinx TOC tree. No essential content change. Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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intel_mpx
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amd-memory-encryption
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pti
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microcode
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The Linux Microcode Loader
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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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Authors: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
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Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
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==========================
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The Linux Microcode Loader
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==========================
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:Authors: - Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
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- Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
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The kernel has a x86 microcode loading facility which is supposed to
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provide microcode loading methods in the OS. Potential use cases are
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@ -10,8 +14,8 @@ and updating the microcode on long-running systems without rebooting.
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The loader supports three loading methods:
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1. Early load microcode
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=======================
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Early load microcode
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====================
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The kernel can update microcode very early during boot. Loading
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microcode early can fix CPU issues before they are observed during
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The microcode files in cpio name space are:
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on Intel: kernel/x86/microcode/GenuineIntel.bin
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on AMD : kernel/x86/microcode/AuthenticAMD.bin
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on Intel:
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kernel/x86/microcode/GenuineIntel.bin
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on AMD :
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kernel/x86/microcode/AuthenticAMD.bin
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During BSP (BootStrapping Processor) boot (pre-SMP), the kernel
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scans the microcode file in the initrd. If microcode matching the
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normally done automatically by the distribution, when recreating the
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initrd, so you don't really have to do it yourself. It is documented
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here for future reference only).
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::
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---
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#!/bin/bash
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if [ -z "$1" ]; then
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@ -76,15 +82,15 @@ here for future reference only).
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cat ucode.cpio $INITRD.orig > $INITRD
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rm -rf $TMPDIR
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---
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The system needs to have the microcode packages installed into
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/lib/firmware or you need to fixup the paths above if yours are
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somewhere else and/or you've downloaded them directly from the processor
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vendor's site.
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2. Late loading
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===============
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Late loading
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============
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There are two legacy user space interfaces to load microcode, either through
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/dev/cpu/microcode or through /sys/devices/system/cpu/microcode/reload file
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userspace tool for that.
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The easier method is simply installing the microcode packages your distro
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supplies and running:
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supplies and running::
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# echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/microcode/reload
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/lib/firmware/{intel-ucode,amd-ucode}. The default distro installation
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packages already put them there.
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3. Builtin microcode
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====================
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Builtin microcode
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=================
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The loader supports also loading of a builtin microcode supplied through
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the regular builtin firmware method CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE. Only 64-bit is
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currently supported.
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Here's an example:
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Here's an example::
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CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="intel-ucode/06-3a-09 amd-ucode/microcode_amd_fam15h.bin"
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CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR="/lib/firmware"
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This basically means, you have the following tree structure locally:
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This basically means, you have the following tree structure locally::
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/lib/firmware/
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