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| author | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2023-08-10 20:37:29 +0200 |
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| committer | Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de> | 2023-08-13 10:26:39 +0200 |
| commit | e6bcfdd75d53390a67f67237f4eafc77d9772056 (patch) | |
| tree | 5b82c8455616234a8dbd33d39c4dc8b64a87a856 /arch/x86/Kconfig | |
| parent | e5a8192942da0026f28a1713684bd46eded04c92 (diff) | |
x86/microcode: Hide the config knob
In reality CONFIG_MICROCODE is enabled in any reasonable configuration when
Intel or AMD support is enabled. Accommodate to reality.
Suggested-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230812195727.660453052@linutronix.de
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig | 38 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 37 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index 7422db409770..ae6503cf9bc9 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -1308,44 +1308,8 @@ config X86_REBOOTFIXUPS Say N otherwise. config MICROCODE - bool "CPU microcode loading support" - default y + def_bool y depends on CPU_SUP_AMD || CPU_SUP_INTEL - help - If you say Y here, you will be able to update the microcode on - Intel and AMD processors. The Intel support is for the IA32 family, - e.g. Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium 4, Xeon etc. The - AMD support is for families 0x10 and later. You will obviously need - the actual microcode binary data itself which is not shipped with - the Linux kernel. - - The preferred method to load microcode from a detached initrd is described - in Documentation/arch/x86/microcode.rst. For that you need to enable - CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD in order for the loader to be able to scan the - initrd for microcode blobs. - - In addition, you can build the microcode into the kernel. For that you - need to add the vendor-supplied microcode to the CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE - config option. - -config MICROCODE_INTEL - bool "Intel microcode loading support" - depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL && MICROCODE - default MICROCODE - help - This options enables microcode patch loading support for Intel - processors. - - For the current Intel microcode data package go to - <https://downloadcenter.intel.com> and search for - 'Linux Processor Microcode Data File'. - -config MICROCODE_AMD - bool "AMD microcode loading support" - depends on CPU_SUP_AMD && MICROCODE - help - If you select this option, microcode patch loading support for AMD - processors will be enabled. config MICROCODE_LATE_LOADING bool "Late microcode loading (DANGEROUS)" |