Herbert Xu c8a59a4d8e x86/microcode: Do not select FW_LOADER ...

The x86 microcode support works just fine without FW_LOADER. In fact,
these days most people load microcode early during boot so FW_LOADER
never gets into the picture anyway.

As almost everyone on x86 needs to enable MICROCODE, this by extension
means that FW_LOADER is always built into the kernel even if nothing
uses it. The FW_LOADER system is about two thousand lines long and
contains user-space facing interfaces that could potentially provide an
entry point into the kernel (or beyond).

Remove the unnecessary select of FW_LOADER by MICROCODE. People who need
the FW_LOADER capability can still enable it.

 [ bp: Massage a bit. ]

Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]

2020-06-15 11:59:19 +02:00

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amd.c

x86/microcode/amd: Fix two -Wunused-but-set-variable warnings

2019-10-01 11:36:09 +02:00

core.c

x86/microcode: Do not select FW_LOADER

2020-06-15 11:59:19 +02:00

intel.c

x86/microcode/intel: Issue the revision updated message only on the BSP

2019-10-01 16:06:35 +02:00

Makefile

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