[LEDE-DEV] [PATCH v2 5/6] x86: add intel microcode entries to grub config

[Philip Prindeville]

Is there a downside to forcing AMD to also do early firmware updates?



> On Apr 17, 2018, at 12:50 PM, Tomasz Maciej Nowak <tomek_n at o2.pl> wrote:
> 
> Create initrd enries for x86 images, that'll load intel microcode as
> early as possible. Also restrict the late load of microcode to AMD
> processors.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tomasz Maciej Nowak <tomek_n at o2.pl>
> ---
> target/linux/x86/base-files/lib/preinit/02_load_x86_ucode | 6 ++++--
> target/linux/x86/image/Makefile                           | 4 ++--
> target/linux/x86/image/grub-iso.cfg                       | 3 +++
> target/linux/x86/image/grub.cfg                           | 3 +++
> 4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/target/linux/x86/base-files/lib/preinit/02_load_x86_ucode b/target/linux/x86/base-files/lib/preinit/02_load_x86_ucode
> index fb309c75c1..d3a23e24b2 100644
> --- a/target/linux/x86/base-files/lib/preinit/02_load_x86_ucode
> +++ b/target/linux/x86/base-files/lib/preinit/02_load_x86_ucode
> @@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
> # Copyright (C) 2018 OpenWrt.org
> 
> do_load_x86_ucode() {
> -	if [ -e "/sys/devices/system/cpu/microcode/reload" ]; then
> -		echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/microcode/reload
> +	if grep -q AuthenticAMD /proc/cpuinfo; then
> +		if [ -e "/sys/devices/system/cpu/microcode/reload" ]; then
> +			echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/microcode/reload
> +		fi
> 	fi
> }
> 
> diff --git a/target/linux/x86/image/Makefile b/target/linux/x86/image/Makefile
> index cf1e1a9edf..523c07eb75 100644
> --- a/target/linux/x86/image/Makefile
> +++ b/target/linux/x86/image/Makefile
> @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/image.mk
> 
> export PATH=$(TARGET_PATH):/sbin
> 
> -GRUB2_MODULES = biosdisk boot chain configfile ext2 linux ls part_msdos reboot serial vga
> -GRUB2_MODULES_ISO = biosdisk boot chain configfile iso9660 linux ls part_msdos reboot serial vga
> +GRUB2_MODULES = biosdisk boot chain configfile ext2 linux ls part_msdos reboot serial test vga
> +GRUB2_MODULES_ISO = biosdisk boot chain configfile iso9660 linux ls part_msdos reboot serial test vga
> GRUB_TERMINALS =
> GRUB_SERIAL_CONFIG =
> GRUB_TERMINAL_CONFIG =
> diff --git a/target/linux/x86/image/grub-iso.cfg b/target/linux/x86/image/grub-iso.cfg
> index 3d47a95a4b..30b587bd1c 100644
> --- a/target/linux/x86/image/grub-iso.cfg
> +++ b/target/linux/x86/image/grub-iso.cfg
> @@ -7,4 +7,7 @@ set root='(cd)'
> 
> menuentry "OpenWrt" {
> 	linux /boot/vmlinuz @CMDLINE@ noinitrd
> +	if [ -e /boot/intel-ucode.img ]; then
> +		initrd /boot/intel-ucode.img
> +	fi
> }
> diff --git a/target/linux/x86/image/grub.cfg b/target/linux/x86/image/grub.cfg
> index 9ec6b2d39c..dde24b95ce 100644
> --- a/target/linux/x86/image/grub.cfg
> +++ b/target/linux/x86/image/grub.cfg
> @@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ set root='(@ROOT@)'
> 
> menuentry "OpenWrt" {
> 	linux /boot/vmlinuz @CMDLINE@ noinitrd
> +	if [ -e /boot/intel-ucode.img ]; then
> +		initrd /boot/intel-ucode.img
> +	fi
> }
> menuentry "OpenWrt (failsafe)" {
> 	linux /boot/vmlinuz failsafe=true @CMDLINE@ noinitrd
> -- 
> 2.17.0
>