[coreboot-gerrit] [XS] Change in coreboot[main]: cpu/intel/microcode: Defer microcode patching until after DRAM init

[Subrata Banik (Code Review)]

Subrata Banik has uploaded this change for review. ( https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/81954?usp=email )

Change subject: cpu/intel/microcode: Defer microcode patching until after DRAM init
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cpu/intel/microcode: Defer microcode patching until after DRAM init

Follows Intel SoC recommendation to avoid potential cache contention
issues during early (pre-DRAM) microcode loading.

BUG=b:330536271
TEST=Able to boot to ChromeOS.

w/o this patch:

[DEBUG]  microcode: sig=0xa06a4 pf=0x80 revision=0x19
[INFO ]  CBFS: Found 'cpu_microcode_a06a4.bin' @0x1d9c0 size 0x21400
         in mcache @0xfef89680
[INFO ]  VB2:vb2_digest_init() 136192 bytes, hash algo 2, HW
         acceleration enabled
[INFO ]  microcode: load microcode patch
[ERROR]  microcode: Update failed

w/ this patch:

[ERROR]  Microcode Error: Early microcode patching is not supported due
         to NEM limitation

Change-Id: I1e433f5bede036800b27900b4b13a399b4f45d6f
Signed-off-by: Subrata Banik 
---
M src/cpu/intel/microcode/microcode.c
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

git pull ssh://review.coreboot.org:29418/coreboot refs/changes/54/81954/1

diff --git a/src/cpu/intel/microcode/microcode.c b/src/cpu/intel/microcode/microcode.c
index 0d52baf..b2282264 100644
--- a/src/cpu/intel/microcode/microcode.c
+++ b/src/cpu/intel/microcode/microcode.c
@@ -241,6 +241,12 @@
    static bool microcode_checked;
    static const void *ucode_update;

+	if (ENV_CACHE_AS_RAM) {
+		printk(BIOS_ERR, "Microcode Error: Early microcode patching is not supported due"
+				"to NEM limitation\n");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
    if (microcode_checked)
    	return ucode_update;