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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig | 46 |
1 files changed, 37 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index 3d0f2b6a5a16..0e5bf1eddcea 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -783,23 +783,51 @@ config X86_REBOOTFIXUPS Say N otherwise. config MICROCODE - tristate "/dev/cpu/microcode - Intel IA32 CPU microcode support" + tristate "/dev/cpu/microcode - microcode support" select FW_LOADER ---help--- If you say Y here, you will be able to update the microcode on - Intel processors in the IA32 family, e.g. Pentium Pro, Pentium II, - Pentium III, Pentium 4, Xeon etc. You will obviously need the - actual microcode binary data itself which is not shipped with the - Linux kernel. + certain 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 family 0x10 and + 0x11 processors, e.g. Opteron, Phenom and Turion 64 Ultra. + You will obviously need the actual microcode binary data itself + which is not shipped with the Linux kernel. - For latest news and information on obtaining all the required - ingredients for this driver, check: - <http://www.urbanmyth.org/microcode/>. + This option selects the general module only, you need to select + at least one vendor specific module as well. To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be called microcode. -config MICROCODE_OLD_INTERFACE +config MICROCODE_INTEL + tristate "Intel microcode patch loading support" + depends on MICROCODE + default MICROCODE + select FW_LOADER + --help--- + This options enables microcode patch loading support for Intel + processors. + + For latest news and information on obtaining all the required + Intel ingredients for this driver, check: + <http://www.urbanmyth.org/microcode/>. + + This driver is only available as a module: the module + will be called microcode_intel. + +config MICROCODE_AMD + tristate "AMD microcode patch loading support" + depends on MICROCODE + select FW_LOADER + --help--- + If you select this option, microcode patch loading support for AMD + processors will be enabled. + + This driver is only available as a module: the module + will be called microcode_amd. + + config MICROCODE_OLD_INTERFACE def_bool y depends on MICROCODE |