Control: reassign -1 intel-microcode On Tue, 2016-02-09 at 21:20 -0800, Kevin Locke wrote: > Package: initramfs-tools > Version: 0.120 > Severity: minor > > Dear Maintainer, > > When the intel-microcode package is installed and the running kernel > configured with CONFIG_MICROCODE=y, the following message is printed at > boot: > > Loading, please wait... > modprobe: module microcode not found in modules.dep > > It is likely invisible to most users, but appears immediately before the > cryptsetup prompt if the root filesystem is encrypted. > > The cause appears to be that intel-microcode calls `force_load > microcode` from its hook script[1] which unconditionally adds its > arguments to /conf/modules in the initramfs, which results in the above > error when the module is not present. > > Although this could be considered a bug in intel-microcode, the other > uses of force_load that I could find do not appear to protect against > this case, so it seems appropriate to fix it there. But do reassign if > you disagree. It is a bug in intel-microcode, but only due to a change in Linux 4.4 - the microcode driver can no longer be built as a module. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. - Donald Knuth
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