[U-Boot] [PATCH v3] x86: Use microcode update from device tree for all processors

Ivan Gorinov ivan.gorinov at intel.com
Thu Jun 28 21:06:52 UTC 2018


On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 03:47:49PM +0800, Bin Meng wrote:
> Hi Ivan,
> 
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 12:13 PM, Bin Meng <bmeng.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Ivan,
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 12:16 PM, Bin Meng <bmeng.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> From: Ivan Gorinov <ivan.gorinov at intel.com>
> >>
> >> Built without a ROM image with FSP (u-boot.rom), the U-Boot loader applies
> >> the microcode update data block encoded in Device Tree to the bootstrap
> >> processor but not passed to the other CPUs when multiprocessing is enabled.
> >>
> >> If the bootstrap processor successfully performs a microcode update
> >> from Device Tree, use the same data block for the other processors.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Ivan Gorinov <ivan.gorinov at intel.com>
> >> Reviewed-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn at gmail.com>
> >> [bmeng: fixed build errors on edison and qemu-x86]
> >> Signed-off-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn at gmail.com>
> >>
> >> ---
> >>
> >> Changes in v3:
> >> - don't change arch/x86/cpu/i386/cpu.c to fix build errors on edison and
> >>   qemu-x86
> >>
> >
> > I don't think the update to arch/x86/cpu/i386/cpu.c in previous
> > version is needed as mp_params.microcode_pointer is not needed during
> > the MP boot. Please test this patch to see if it works on your board.
> >
> >>  arch/x86/cpu/intel_common/car.S       |  2 ++
> >>  arch/x86/cpu/intel_common/microcode.c | 10 +++++++---
> >>  arch/x86/include/asm/microcode.h      |  1 +
> >>  arch/x86/lib/fsp/fsp_car.S            |  4 +++-
> >>  4 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> Did you get a chance to test this? If no issue, I will take this patch
> for v2018.07.

No issues. Thank you!



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