Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.
Thomas Gleixner
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commit 4c585af7 upstream Early microcode loading on 32-bit runs in physical address mode because the initrd is not covered by the initial page tables. That results in a horrible mess all over the microcode loader code. Provide a temporary mapping for the initrd in the initial page tables by appending it to the actual initial mapping starting with a new PGD or PMD depending on the configured page table levels ([non-]PAE). The page table entries are located after _brk_end so they are not permanently using memory space. The mapping is invalidated right away in i386_start_kernel() after the early microcode loader has run. This prepares for removing the physical address mode oddities from all over the microcode loader code, which in turn allows further cleanups. Provide the map and unmap code and document the place where the microcode loader needs to be invoked with a comment. Signed-off-by:Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by:
Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231017211722.292291436@linutronix.de Signed-off-by:
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>