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    x86/microcode: Do not select FW_LOADER · c8a59a4d
    Herbert Xu authored
    The x86 microcode support works just fine without FW_LOADER. In fact,
    these days most people load microcode early during boot so FW_LOADER
    never gets into the picture anyway.
    
    As almost everyone on x86 needs to enable MICROCODE, this by extension
    means that FW_LOADER is always built into the kernel even if nothing
    uses it. The FW_LOADER system is about two thousand lines long and
    contains user-space facing interfaces that could potentially provide an
    entry point into the kernel (or beyond).
    
    Remove the unnecessary select of FW_LOADER by MICROCODE. People who need
    the FW_LOADER capability can still enable it.
    
     [ bp: Massage a bit. ]
    Signed-off-by: default avatarHerbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarBorislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
    Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200610042911.GA20058@gondor.apana.org.au
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