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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>
Fenghua Yu 12 years ago
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@@ -1029,6 +1029,24 @@ config MICROCODE_OLD_INTERFACE
 	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---