package/intel-microcode: install into images for early loading support
Microcode based security mitigation (E.G. MDS) requires that the microcode
gets loaded very early. This can be handled by one of:
- Concatenating (a subset of) the intel-microcode files and write to
kernel/x86/microcode/GenuineIntel.bin in the initrd. Requires that the
(first) initrd is external from the kernel and NOT compressed.
- Build (a subset of) the intel-microcode files into the kernel using the
CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE option.
Install the microcode files into images to support these use cases (E.G.
through a post-build script for the initrd, or by pointing
CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR to ${BR_BINARIES_DIR}, similar to how we include
the .cpio image inside the kernel).
Notice that there may be licensing concerns when embedded non-GPL firmware
in the kernel.
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>