CONFIG_MICROCODE_EARLY: Early load microcode

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_MICROCODE_EARLY has multiple definitions:

Early load microcode found in arch/x86/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_MICROCODE_EARLY:

• prompt: Early load microcode
• type: bool
• depends on: CONFIG_MICROCODE = CONFIG_y && CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
• defined in arch/x86/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 3.11–3.19, 4.0–4.3

Help text

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.

found in arch/x86/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_MICROCODE_EARLY:

• prompt:
• type: bool
• depends on: CONFIG_MICROCODE_INTEL_EARLY
• defined in arch/x86/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 3.9–3.10

Help text

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