x86/Kconfig: Make early microcode loading a configuration feature
MICROCODE_INTEL_LIB, MICROCODE_INTEL_EARLY, and MICROCODE_EARLY are three new
configurations to enable or disable the feature.
Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@intel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1356075872-3054-13-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 79795af..e243da7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1029,6 +1029,24 @@
def_bool y
depends on MICROCODE
+config MICROCODE_INTEL_LIB
+ def_bool y
+ depends on MICROCODE_INTEL
+
+config MICROCODE_INTEL_EARLY
+ bool "Early load microcode"
+ depends on MICROCODE_INTEL && BLK_DEV_INITRD
+ default y
+ help
+ This option provides functionality to read additional microcode data
+ at the beginning of initrd image. The data tells kernel to load
+ microcode to CPU's as early as possible. No functional change if no
+ microcode data is glued to the initrd, therefore it's safe to say Y.
+
+config MICROCODE_EARLY
+ def_bool y
+ depends on MICROCODE_INTEL_EARLY
+
config X86_MSR
tristate "/dev/cpu/*/msr - Model-specific register support"
---help---