Prarit Bhargava <[email protected]> writes:
>
> Using request_firmware_nowait() seems more appropriate here and then we
> can avoid these delays, resulting in very quick load times for the
> microcode.

It would  be probably also good to remember if the loading failed for a 
given CPU and then don't try it on any other.

Just need to cache the exact stepping too to handle different steppings.

-Andi

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