Re: [edk2-devel] [Patch 0/2] Shadow microcode patch according to FIT microcode table.

2020-01-08 Thread Liming Gao
Siyuan: This is new feature, please add it into https://github.com/tianocore/tianocore.github.io/wiki/EDK-II-Release-Planning And, FIT header file is moved from edk2-platform to edk2. After this change, you also need to remove the one in edk2-platform. Right? Thanks Liming -Original

Re: [edk2-devel] [Patch 0/2] Shadow microcode patch according to FIT microcode table.

2020-01-08 Thread Laszlo Ersek
On 01/08/20 11:58, Fu, Siyuan wrote: > Hi, Laszlo > >> -Original Message- >> From: Laszlo Ersek >> Sent: 2020年1月8日 17:43 >> To: Fu, Siyuan ; devel@edk2.groups.io >> Cc: Kinney, Michael D ; Gao, Liming >> ; Dong, Eric ; Ni, Ray >> ; Tom Lendacky >> Subject: Re: [Patch 0/2] Shadow

Re: [edk2-devel] [Patch 0/2] Shadow microcode patch according to FIT microcode table.

2020-01-08 Thread Siyuan, Fu
Hi, Laszlo > -Original Message- > From: Laszlo Ersek > Sent: 2020年1月8日 17:43 > To: Fu, Siyuan ; devel@edk2.groups.io > Cc: Kinney, Michael D ; Gao, Liming > ; Dong, Eric ; Ni, Ray > ; Tom Lendacky > Subject: Re: [Patch 0/2] Shadow microcode patch according to FIT microcode > table. > >

Re: [edk2-devel] [Patch 0/2] Shadow microcode patch according to FIT microcode table.

2020-01-08 Thread Laszlo Ersek
On 01/08/20 10:42, Laszlo Ersek wrote: > In closing: it seems short-sighted that the FIT specification placed a > "naked" pointer at a fixed offset in flash, rather than a three-field > structure consisting of: > - a GUID, > - preceded by a structure size, > - preceded by the FIT pointer. > >

Re: [edk2-devel] [Patch 0/2] Shadow microcode patch according to FIT microcode table.

2020-01-08 Thread Laszlo Ersek
(+Tom) On 01/08/20 05:25, Siyuan Fu wrote: > The existing MpInitLib will shadow the microcode update patches from > flash to memory and this is done by searching microcode region > specified by PCD PcdCpuMicrocodePatchAddress and > PcdCpuMicrocodePatchRegionSize. > This brings a limition to

[edk2-devel] [Patch 0/2] Shadow microcode patch according to FIT microcode table.

2020-01-07 Thread Siyuan, Fu
The existing MpInitLib will shadow the microcode update patches from flash to memory and this is done by searching microcode region specified by PCD PcdCpuMicrocodePatchAddress and PcdCpuMicrocodePatchRegionSize. This brings a limition to platform FW that all the microcode patches must be placed