Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 1/4] x86/microcode: Improve documentation and parsing for ucode=

2020-01-22 Thread Eslam Elnikety
On 21.01.20 21:51, Eslam Elnikety wrote: On 21.01.20 10:27, Jan Beulich wrote: On 21.01.2020 00:50, Eslam Elnikety wrote: On 20.01.20 09:42, Jan Beulich wrote: On 17.01.2020 20:06, Eslam Elnikety wrote: On 20.12.19 10:53, Jan Beulich wrote: On 19.12.2019 22:08, Eslam Elnikety wrote: On

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 1/4] x86/microcode: Improve documentation and parsing for ucode=

2020-01-21 Thread Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 10:27:47AM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote: > On 21.01.2020 00:50, Eslam Elnikety wrote: > > On 20.01.20 09:42, Jan Beulich wrote: > >> On 17.01.2020 20:06, Eslam Elnikety wrote: > >>> On 20.12.19 10:53, Jan Beulich wrote: > On 19.12.2019 22:08, Eslam Elnikety wrote: > >

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 1/4] x86/microcode: Improve documentation and parsing for ucode=

2020-01-21 Thread Eslam Elnikety
On 21.01.20 10:27, Jan Beulich wrote: On 21.01.2020 00:50, Eslam Elnikety wrote: On 20.01.20 09:42, Jan Beulich wrote: On 17.01.2020 20:06, Eslam Elnikety wrote: On 20.12.19 10:53, Jan Beulich wrote: On 19.12.2019 22:08, Eslam Elnikety wrote: On 18.12.19 12:49, Jan Beulich wrote: On

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 1/4] x86/microcode: Improve documentation and parsing for ucode=

2020-01-21 Thread Jan Beulich
On 21.01.2020 00:50, Eslam Elnikety wrote: > On 20.01.20 09:42, Jan Beulich wrote: >> On 17.01.2020 20:06, Eslam Elnikety wrote: >>> On 20.12.19 10:53, Jan Beulich wrote: On 19.12.2019 22:08, Eslam Elnikety wrote: > On 18.12.19 12:49, Jan Beulich wrote: >> On 18.12.2019 02:32, Eslam

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 1/4] x86/microcode: Improve documentation and parsing for ucode=

2020-01-20 Thread Eslam Elnikety
On 20.01.20 09:42, Jan Beulich wrote: On 17.01.2020 20:06, Eslam Elnikety wrote: On 20.12.19 10:53, Jan Beulich wrote: On 19.12.2019 22:08, Eslam Elnikety wrote: On 18.12.19 12:49, Jan Beulich wrote: On 18.12.2019 02:32, Eslam Elnikety wrote: Decouple the microcode referencing mechanism

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 1/4] x86/microcode: Improve documentation and parsing for ucode=

2020-01-20 Thread Jan Beulich
On 17.01.2020 20:06, Eslam Elnikety wrote: > On 20.12.19 10:53, Jan Beulich wrote: >> On 19.12.2019 22:08, Eslam Elnikety wrote: >>> On 18.12.19 12:49, Jan Beulich wrote: On 18.12.2019 02:32, Eslam Elnikety wrote: > Decouple the microcode referencing mechanism when using GRUB to that

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 1/4] x86/microcode: Improve documentation and parsing for ucode=

2020-01-17 Thread Eslam Elnikety
Picking this up again after the break. Apologies for the delay. On 20.12.19 10:53, Jan Beulich wrote: On 19.12.2019 22:08, Eslam Elnikety wrote: On 18.12.19 12:49, Jan Beulich wrote: On 18.12.2019 02:32, Eslam Elnikety wrote: Decouple the microcode referencing mechanism when using GRUB to

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 1/4] x86/microcode: Improve documentation and parsing for ucode=

2019-12-20 Thread Jan Beulich
On 19.12.2019 22:08, Eslam Elnikety wrote: > On 18.12.19 12:49, Jan Beulich wrote: >> On 18.12.2019 02:32, Eslam Elnikety wrote: >>> Decouple the microcode referencing mechanism when using GRUB to that >>> when using EFI. This allows us to avoid the "unspecified effect" of >>> using ` | scan`

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 1/4] x86/microcode: Improve documentation and parsing for ucode=

2019-12-19 Thread Eslam Elnikety
On 18.12.19 12:49, Jan Beulich wrote: On 18.12.2019 02:32, Eslam Elnikety wrote: Decouple the microcode referencing mechanism when using GRUB to that when using EFI. This allows us to avoid the "unspecified effect" of using ` | scan` along xen.efi. I guess "unspecified effect" in the doc was

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 1/4] x86/microcode: Improve documentation and parsing for ucode=

2019-12-18 Thread Jan Beulich
On 18.12.2019 02:32, Eslam Elnikety wrote: > Decouple the microcode referencing mechanism when using GRUB to that > when using EFI. This allows us to avoid the "unspecified effect" of > using ` | scan` along xen.efi. I guess "unspecified effect" in the doc was pretty pointless - such options have