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diff --git a/src/cpu/amd/model_10xxx/Kconfig b/src/cpu/amd/model_10xxx/Kconfig index 539e1116a8..6aab30a6f2 100644 --- a/src/cpu/amd/model_10xxx/Kconfig +++ b/src/cpu/amd/model_10xxx/Kconfig @@ -50,3 +50,35 @@ config SET_FIDVID_CORE_RANGE endif endif + +config UPDATE_CPU_MICROCODE + bool + default y + +config UPDATE_CPU_MICROCODE + bool "Update CPU microcode" + default y + depends on EXPERT && CPU_AMD_MODEL_10XXX + help + Select this to apply patches to the CPU microcode provided by + AMD without source, and distributed with coreboot, to address + issues in the CPU post production. + + Microcode updates distributed with coreboot are not necessarily + the latest version available from AMD. Updates are only applied + if they are newer than the microcode already in your CPU. + + Unselect this to let Fam10h CPUs run with microcode as shipped + from factory. No binary microcode patches will be included in the + coreboot image in that case, which can help with creating an image + for which complete source code is available, which in turn might + simplify license compliance. + + Microcode updates intend to solve issues that have been discovered + after CPU production. The common case is that systems work as + intended with updated microcode, but we have also seen cases where + issues were solved by not applying the microcode updates. + + Note that some operating system include these same microcode + patches, so you may need to also disable microcode updates in + your operating system in order for this option to matter. |