diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/Kconfig | 21 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig index 6b0b885cf47a..7bb461758d31 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -786,10 +786,12 @@ config MICROCODE 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. This option selects the general module only, you need to select at least one vendor specific module as well. @@ -813,6 +815,17 @@ config MICROCODE_INTEL 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 |